Charles Crashes and Carnage

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Charles Crashes and Carnage

October 24, 2013
Erik Dresser

From the Youth Women's Eight. Not sure how I ended up with this one, but I like it.

100% luck on getting this one.. - Click for full-size image!

I don't think I would be smiling right now... - Click for full-size image!

Not all crashes are boat on boat or boat on bridge. - Click for full-size image!

Not sure if he's avoiding the oar or got hit with it. - Click for full-size image!

Boat stoppers under bridges usually spell disaster for crews behind, but not this coxswain - Click for full-size image!

Frank Biller's leg in this one gets me every time. - Click for full-size image!

After getting pretty much skunked for crash photos in 2012, this year saw a bit more carbon on carbon action but nothing got too crazy...until the RRC/UVa composite mixed quad broke an oar on Eliot Bridge and about 60 seconds later saw it's 2-man Frank Biller (current UVA men's Head Coach) jump from the boat and swim to shore. We could probably dedicate an entire blog post to images from this incident but we will just post one and link you to the appropriate gallery to start.

Just keep in mind when viewing these that crashes are just part of head racing and not necessarily the fault of the individuals pictured.

Some stats from the regatta:
-8216 photos taken
-Around 160 GB of RAW image data
-Posted 5245 images in 36 galleries
-Most viewed image so far

We'll try to get an editor's picks gallery up next week sometime, but first: Head of the Schuylkill and Princeton Chase!

Erik
@erikdresser

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