Vote for Ramon

Ramon Navarro is a Chilean big wave charger, owner of two of the most incredible rides during the massive Cloudbreak swell earlier this year and the recipient of the Monster Drop at the 2009 Eddie Aikau contest. He's also nominated as one of the Adventurers of the Year by National Geographic. Vote for him here.

From the Land of Aloha...

...we're proud to introduce you to Zak Noyle. Zak is one of the newest members of the A-Frame family and has quickly proven himself as one of the rising stars in the world of water photography. He has been working very hard the last couple of years to break onto "the scene" and that he did with his incredible work from the Quiksilver in memory of Eddie Aikau event this year. With multiple covers, ads and countless editorial impressions Zak has proven himself as not only a very talented photographer, but as a guy who can make it happen in or out of the water. We have a feeling you'll be seeing much more from him as he makes his mark in the surf world. Welcome to the team Zak.

Will the Eddie Go?

The charts are off the meter right now and it looks like there's a solid chance to run The Quiksilver In Memory of Eddie Aikau event sometime between Sunday Dec. 6th and Tuesday the 8th. Quik has done an excellent job with their event site and offer a text alert so you won't miss any action from the most anticipated one-day event in the sport. We encourage you to sign up immediately. Once again we are the proud providers of this year's Eddie image taken by Dan Merkel. The image (seen above) was one of the "lost" images tucked away tightly in Merk's storage unit for the last 30 + years. It had never seen the light of day and ended up being special enough to be the face of the 25th Anniversary edition of the event. If that doesn't give you "chicken skin" I don't know what will.