Stood with fellow watersports enthusiasts in the lashing rain after hot-footing it out of the sea in St Aubin’s Bay, photographer Matt Porteous, Olly Mourant and Steve Ferbrache were with a group who were caught by a bolt from the sky as storm clouds gathered over the beach.
Some of the group of ten kite surfers were knocked over by the force of the strike, which Mr Porteous (34) said was like being in an explosion.
Speaking for the first time about last month’s incident, since returning from shooting a wedding in Montenegro, the professional photographer said it had probably not been a good idea to go kite surfing in a lightning storm in the first place.
‘A few of us had taken a couple of hours off work and we had a Dutch friend over, so we all went down for a kite surf,’ Mr Porteous said. ‘While we were down there the storm came in and we began to get the feeling of static running from the clouds through the kites to our arms.’
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