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Catching The Wave Stock Photos

Browse 1,312 catching the wave photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more photos and images.

New wave: Members of the Crimson Tide football team watch a teammate catch a pas at the team's first practice of the season. The Tide moved to...

New wave: Members of the Crimson Tide football team watch a teammate catch a pas at the team's first

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Catching the Wave

He didn't set out to make a big splash surfing, but his fate is in the balance as a wave catches up with him at Rockaway Beach, Queens. Anyway, it...

He didn't set out to make a big splash surfing, but his fate

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Many surfers catching the same wave.

Taina Hinckel of Brazil catches a wave during team practice, before the Founders Cup of Surfing, at the Kelly Slater Surf Ranch in Lemoore,...

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Taina Hinckel of Brazil catches a wave during team practice, before the Founders Cup of Surfing, at the Kelly Slater Surf Ranch in Lemoore,...

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An unidentified surfer catches a wave produced by Hurricane Rita at Padre Island's Bob Hall Pier on Friday September 23, 2005 in Corpus Christi,...

An unidentified surfer catches a wave produced by Hurricane

Surfer catches a wave in front of a dry bulk carrier as it arrives into the port of the BlueScope Steel Ltd. Works in Port Kembla, NSW, Australia...

A surfer catches a wave in front of a dry bulk carrier as it

Surfer catches a wave outside the Labour Party Conference in Bournemouth, U.K., on Monday, Sept. 24, 2007. Bournemouth Borough Council is planning to...

A surfer catches a wave outside the Labour Party Conference

Duck catches a wave as it sails past wooden posts covered with icicles on the Baltic sea front in the north eastern town of Warnemunde, Germany on...

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Jeremy Williams of the Tulane Green Wave catches the ball over Roisean Haynes of the Houston Cougars at the Louisiana Superdome on October 17, 2009...

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Tyron Carrier of the Houston Cougars makes a catch over Phillip Davis of the Tulane Green Wave at the Louisiana Superdome on October 17, 2009 in New...

Houston v Tulane

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Surfer catching air off the top of a wave.

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Surfer catching air off the top of a wave.

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Catching the right wave for great surf

Surfer catches the Severn Bore as it passes near Newnham on Severn on February 2, 2018 in Gloucestershire, England. The bore, which follows this...

Surfers Ride The Severn Bore

Surfer catches the Severn Bore as it passes near Newnham on Severn on February 2, 2018 in Gloucestershire, England. The bore, which follows this...

Surfers Ride The Severn Bore

Surfer catches the Severn Bore as it passes near Newnham on Severn on February 2, 2018 in Gloucestershire, England. The bore, which follows this...

Surfers Ride The Severn Bore

Surfer catches the Severn Bore as it passes near Newnham on Severn on February 2, 2018 in Gloucestershire, England. The bore, which follows this...

Surfers Ride The Severn Bore

East Carolina Pirates guard B.J. Tyson catches a last second Hail Mary pass during a game between the Tulane Green Wave and the East Carolina Pirates...

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: JAN 31 Tulane at East Carolina

Jeremy Williams of the Tulane Green Wave catches a pass over Kenny D. Sims of the Tulsa Golden Hurricanes at the Louisiana Superdome on September 4,...

Jeremy Williams of the Tulane Green Wave catches a pass over Kenny D. Sims of the Tulsa Golden Hurricanes at the Louisiana Superdome on September 4,...

Surfer Al Mennie catches a wave at east strand beach after Storm Eleanor recorded winds of up to 90mph on January 3, 2018 in Portrush, Northern...

UK Faces Aftermath Of Storm Eleanor

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Surfer Al Mennie catches a wave at east strand beach after Storm Eleanor recorded winds of up to 90mph on January 3, 2018 in Portrush, Northern...

UK Faces Aftermath Of Storm Eleanor

Northern Ireland

Surfer Al Mennie catches a wave at east strand beach after Storm Eleanor on January 3, 2018 in Portrush, Northern Ireland. The Met Office has said...

UK Faces Aftermath Of Storm Eleanor

Northern Ireland

Amputee surfer Greg Birkholz receives a hug from a volunteer after catching a wave during Operation Restoration IV on August 15, 2009 in Pismo Beach,...

AMPSURF: Operation Restoration IV

Amputee surfer Ryan West catches a wave during Operation Restoration IV on August 14, 2009 in Pismo Beach, California. Operation Restoration IV is...

AMPSURF: Operation Restoration IV

Amputee surfer Julie Carruthers, a.k.a. One-Legged-Joe, catches a wave during Operation Restoration IV on August 14, 2009 in Pismo Beach, California....

AMPSURF: Operation Restoration IV

Paralympian Mark Barr catches a wave during Operation Restoration IV on August 14, 2009 in Pismo Beach, California. Barr competed for the USA in...

AMPSURF: Operation Restoration IV

Amputee surfer Julie Carruthers, a.k.a. One-Legged-Joe, catches a wave during Operation Restoration IV on August 14, 2009 in Pismo Beach, California....

AMPSURF: Operation Restoration IV

Jose Sanchez catches a wave with a help of of local volunteer during Operation Restoration IV on August 14, 2009 in Pismo Beach, California....

AMPSURF: Operation Restoration IV

Brett Simpson from the US catches a wave before beating Australian Mick Fanning during the final of the US Open of Surfing at Huntington Beach in...

Brett Simpson from the US catches a wave

Brett Simpson from the US catches a wave before beating Australian Mick Fanning during the final of the US Open of Surfing at Huntington Beach in...

Brett Simpson from the US catches a wave

Bodysurfer catches a big wave at The Wedge as a winter storm with 50-knot winds in the Southern Hemisphere off Tahiti generates high surf at...

High Surf Warnings Issued For Southern California

Bodysurfer catches a big wave at The Wedge as a winter storm with 50-knot winds in the Southern Hemisphere off Tahiti generates high surf at...

High Surf Warnings Issued For Southern California

Bodysurfer catches a big wave at The Wedge as a winter storm with 50-knot winds in the Southern Hemisphere off Tahiti generates high surf at...

High Surf Warnings Issued For Southern California

Bodysurfer catches a big wave at The Wedge as a winter storm with 50-knot winds in the Southern Hemisphere off Tahiti generates high surf at...

High Surf Warnings Issued For Southern California

Tulane Green Wave wide receiver Terren Encalade goes up for a catch during the game between Tulane and SMU on November 25, 2017 at Gerald J. Ford...

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: NOV 25 Tulane at SMU

Tulane Green Wave cornerback Parry Nickerson reaches up to catch the interception as East Carolina Pirates wide receiver Davon Grayson looks to...

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: NOV 11 Tulane at East Carolina

Tulane Green Wave cornerback Parry Nickerson reaches up to catch the interception as East Carolina Pirates wide receiver Davon Grayson looks to...

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: NOV 11 Tulane at East Carolina

Tulane Green Wave cornerback Parry Nickerson reaches up to catch the interception as East Carolina Pirates wide receiver Davon Grayson looks to...

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: NOV 11 Tulane at East Carolina

East Carolina Pirates wide receiver Davon Grayson catches the pass during a college football game between the Tulane Green Wave and the East Carolina...

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: NOV 11 Tulane at East Carolina

East Carolina Pirates wide receiver Davon Grayson leaps to catch the pass during a college football game between the Tulane Green Wave and the East...

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: NOV 11 Tulane at East Carolina

East Carolina Pirates wide receiver Davon Grayson leaps to catch the pass during a college football game between the Tulane Green Wave and the East...

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: NOV 11 Tulane at East Carolina

Professional surfer Al Mennie catches a wave under the famous Dunluce castle ruins on October 27, 2017 in Portrush, Northern Ireland. Mennie spends...

Surfing Off The North Coast Of Ireland Using An Infrared Camera

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Under Mussenden Temple surfer Al Mennie catches a wave on October 27, 2017 in Castlerock, Northern Ireland. A converted infrared or IR digital camera...

Surfing Off The North Coast Of Ireland Using An Infrared Camera

Pharaoh McKever of the Florida International Golden Panthers catches the ball for a touchdown in front of Roderic Teamer of the Tulane Green Wave on...

Tulane v Florida International

Jabril Clewis of the Tulane Green Wave catches the ball over Bryce Canady of the Florida International Golden Panthers on October 14, 2017 at FIU...

Tulane v Florida International

Thomas Owens of the Florida International Golden Panthers catches the pass while being defended by Parry Nickerson of the Tulane Green Wave on...

Tulane v Florida International

Pharoah McKever of the Florida International Golden Panthers catches the ball for a touchdown while being defended by Roderic Teamer of the Tulane...

Tulane v Florida International

Yash Rane of India and others use GoPro Hero 6 cameras to capture themselves zipping around the San Francisco Bay on a high-powered "Rocket Boat" on...

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Members of the GoPro team and media take a moment on a bus to check out video of San Francisco adventures captured using freshly-released Hero 6...

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Picture taken on September 28, 2017 shows the new-generation Hero 6 mini-camera released by GoPro at a media event in San Francisco. GoPro on...

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Picture taken on September 28, 2017 shows a Fusion mini-camera camera capable of capturing all the action around it at a GoPro media event in San...

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Photographers take pictures of the new fusion mini-camera capable of capturing all the action around it at a media event in San Francisco on...

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GoPro chief executive Nicholas Woodman introduces a new-generation Hero 6 mini-camera at a media event in a planetarium in San Francisco on September...

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Surfer catches a ride back to the lineup on a jetski during the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast presented by LG Mobile on March 09, 2009 on the Gold Coast,...

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Surfer catches air after riding over the crest of a wave on Wednesday at Higgins Beach. Tropical Storm Jose was stirring up big waves in Southern...

Jose stirs surf at Higgins

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