An incredible underwater still of Gary Hall in this month's issue of National Geographic magazine as part of their "Biomimetrics" article. Also an extremely close up shot of the skin surface of sharks, showing their unique cell structure which reduces drag.
I hope this link works to the photo gallery they have online... Look under the Biomimetrics Gallery... then scroll across the top thumbnails to find Gary! Enjoy!
ngm.nationalgeographic.com/.../clark-photography
Did anyone else notice Gary's knee hyperextension? That's got to be an advantage on the kick.
Beautiful shot. If anyone is curious what your body position should look like at the catch, this is it.
