Surfer Ken MacDonald and bodyboarder Renan Faccini are featured in two of the eleven winning photos of the Red Bull Illume 2016. The action sports photography contest awarded Luke Shadbolt with the best “Energy” shot of the year. The Australian photographer captured Renan Faccini celebrating the power of the ocean in Jaotinga Beach, near Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil. “I didn’t notice Renan in the shot until afterward. It’s got a kind of duality to the meaning; it could be seen as a salute to the power and randomness of the ocean, or it could be seen as a mocking attempt at some kind of manipulated sorcery, showing man’s unending quest to control nature,” explained Luke Shadbolt.

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Wave riding photos awarded at the Red Bull Illume 2016

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