Dallas Kilponen is a multi-award winning photographer and social media content creator. With over 30 years of professional experience, including 23 years as a staff photographer and video producer with Fairfax Media, covering a wide range of assignments from breaking news, live events, travel & lifestyle, the arts, portraiture and major sporting events such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, Rugby World Cup. With a lifelong connection to the ocean, has also competed as crew and onboard media in 10 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Races and various ocean races around the world including the famous Transpac Race and Newport Bermuda Race. In his three decades in the industry, Dallas has worked in news media, commercial photography, film production inc. feature film and tvc stills, videography, reportage, travel writing and photography and producing regular content for social media.
@@dallaskilponen GOOD TO KNOW.....I'VE BEEN BOATNIGGER OF SY BRAVA DURING THE 1985 SORC AND KILPONEN HAS BEEN A SORT OF EMINENCRE GRIS FOR THE ENTIRE ITALIA TEAM THERE.... GOOD MEMORIES ABOUT HIM...
Beautiful video. I was intrigued by the very obvious professionalism, looked you up and it all made sense. Absolutely beautiful sailing shots and great on-boat atmosphere.
Back in this boat's original era, we did 320 miles in 18 hours on Police Car on the way back from Hobart. That is half the distance Syd to Hobart and made a mockery of this and the other boats at the time but nothing was said.
If this is the same Kialoa II, I used to sail by her during sailing lessons as a young teenager taking sailing lessons and racing in a 14 foot Lazer sailboat when she was docked at the Waikiki Yacht Club in Honolulu in I believe 1982. I looked at her in awe. What a beatiful sailboat. I believe she was waiting to sail the around the Hawain Islands in the Pam AM clipper cup. I was asked to be a "grinder" on another boat but my parents would not allow it as we were transfrering oversease as my dad was in the military. I was told the paint for her hull was $100 per gallon at that time and she is 78 feet long! Thanks for the memories. Amazing sailing by this crew through some tought stroms. Great job!
Solid boat, great crew. Nice to see a boat that isn't being submarined into every wave at 25+ knots. 50 knots and the cockpit stays dry...well done by the photographers as well. Lot of work putting together such good footage.
How to fuck contents ? Put music every time. How to keep ur IQ down to 75 ? Same thing. How to stop be stupid ? Impossible I Make war every where and every time and harass people maximum.
In 2017 I followed the yacht race from sydney to Hobart in my in inflatable boat, I got caught by similar storm near wine glass bay I’d never seen anything like it before. The winds on Tasmania south coast are next level.
We live on the Western Darling Downs, Queensland. On the odd occasion, we've had 48°C and yes; everthing is hot, the chairs, tables, work benches, tools; the lot. Oodnadatta is a great experience, along with William Creek and Lake Eyre but we did it smart and went through the whole track in winter time. 😉👍🙏
Came for the boat, stayed for Moby! Great flick! Edit: great music indeed, and good sailing! Waterboys and all! This is good medicine for sailor's winter depression, it's -18 centigrades outside and the sea ice is growing. Four long months to endure...
I live in the Phoenix area. Next week, we may wake up to freezing temperatures. I started looking at Oodnadatta's temperatures to feel warmer this January.
60 kts gusts is massive... the boat takes it unimpressed and just moves beautifully through the waves with minimal rudder correction. A testament of good boat design and and excellent seamanship. Well done!
I miss the ocean, I miss racing, It brings tears to my eyes to watch this, and know I will not be doing it again. Fair seas, and following winds, and a safe return for all. 12-25-23
@@pauladams8475 Hi That may be one of the niced offers I have received in years, and I thank you very much for it. The simple answer is, one of the side effects of the cancer I have is vertigo, My balance is not what it needs to be, to be safe on a boat, let alone one that is racing. Luckily I have never had a problem with sea sickness, so for the most part other then balance, I don't let it bother me, I am just a permanently drunken sailer⛵. But again I thank you.😁 01-02-24
Thank you for this beautifully produced video. As a sailor, I love those long shots that you held showing the yacht moving through the ocean for extended periods. So much sailing footage from the Ocean Race, Vendea Globe etc is a psychotic mix of 1- 3 second shots it drives me crazy as I want to see the ocean and the boats interaction with it. This was spectacular and together with the beautiful music, had me spell bound. Bravo!!!! More please!!!
You might not, but the music is well chosen and the sound-editing excellent. Note the way the second "happy/relaxed" song fades, then as shit starts to get serious you hear a distress call with a guy who's lost his rudder. As this happens fade in Atoms for Peace "Before Your Very Eyes" which is about seizing opportunity, because if you don't life will go past you "before your very eyes".....
I lived there many years ago. I can remember a period where it was over 40 for 10 or so days, we then had a cool change and the temperature went down to 36.
I remember her in 1975 screaming down the east coast of Tasmania with Windward Passage in hot pursuit. She set the race record which stood for some time in that race.
