Waves gallery - Talasi - Photographs by Dushan Drakulich

Calm most of the time, the Southern Adriatic Sea occasionally becomes very rough. "Jugo" ("South") weather first brings a rapid air pressure. Initially, waves become just longer, and then they gradually get bigger and bigger. A wind with a worm, moist air follows in about 12 hours. A day or two later weather clears and the wind and yet bigger waves turn Western (so called "Pulenat").

Uglavnom miran, Jadran se s vremena na vreme popriliyno uzburka. Obiyno prvo naidqe Jugo koji donosi toplo i vlaxno vreme. Najavljuje se brzim padom vazduwnog pritiska i prvo poveqanom duxinom talasa, bez vidnog razloga, tj. bez vetra, a zatim sve veqim i veqim talasima. Dan-dva kasnije juxni vetar "prevrne" u zapadni, tzv. Pulenat. Najyewqe baw tada talasi budu najveqi.

A unique way for young people showing off exists in Petrovac, called "Climbing the Waves". The point is to swim on the top of a wave when it hits the port, and to land on the port while avoiding becaming a pancake (smashed to a port's stone wall). Here is how it is accomplished (actually, how is the author showing-off):

[video taken in 1988 by Robert Budic]

Landing directly on feet
Real Player format (24sec, 145Kb)

The same thing as above
but better quality, in MPEG format (24sec, 4,129Kb)

Several "climbs"
MPEG movie (2:30min, 25,644Kb)

[2 black & white photographs taken in 1979 by Jovo Djurovic:
1. Branislav Karadzic, Dusan Drakulic, Goran DJurovic
2. Milo Vukovic, Dusan Drakulic, Goran DJurovic]

U Petrovcu se momci (i poneka dqevojka) prave vaxni baveqi se jedinstvenim sportom - "penjanjem na talase". Vewtina se sastoji u tome da se skoyi sa pristaniwta u more i iskoristi za povratak talas koji udara u pristaniwte, a da se pri tom ne ostane zalepljen na kameni zid. Evo kako se to radi (tj. kako se autor pravi vaxan):

[snimio video kamerom 1988 Robert Budiq]

Izlazak direktno na noge
Real Player format (24s, 145Kb)

Kvalitetniji snimak iste stvari
u MPEG formatu (24s, 4.129Kb)

Nekoliko "penjanja"
MPEG film (2:30min, 25.644Kb)

[2 crno-bele fotografije snimio 1979 Jovo DQuroviq:
1. Branislav Karadxiq, Duwan Drakuliq, Goran DQuroviq
2. Milo Vukoviq, Duwan Drakuliq, Goran DQuroviq]