Sorry to say but that one first found fame here in 2008..
Nice photo all the same. It's appeared a few times since then & the photoshop debate raged.
Here's the original thread.
www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Kitesurfing/General/whats-your-fav-kitesurfing-pic/?page=2
For those of us that have been around here long enough, have a look at the thread. It's a trip down memory lane!
All the names who used to post.. so many no longer do. I wonder if they still kite?
Some good pics too, 'street jumping' at Melville.. one of when the Helix was new & a classic Fuel Megaloop at the Gorge too!
Gotta love STW's joke from page 4 though
If you kite over a whale and pull the move that Marine is doing that's called:
A WHALEY
Then accidentally land on its eye
WHALEY TO BLIND
Then Fall back onto Blowhole
WHALE TO BLIND WITH POP