Cover Boy

Male model, turned A-Frame Photographer, Ryan Miller has claimed his second consecutive cover of the much talked about Australian surf magazine STAB. Miller isn't new to the cover game but scoring back to back covers of the same publication is quite a feat. American magazine, TWSurf, got onto Ryan's work earlier this year with a Dane Reynolds cover (Feb 2010 issue) and he's been featured in both Surfer, Surfing and The Surfer's Journal on a regular basis over the last few years. He's become a favorite among the new school crew of surfers, not only because he has a knack for cover shots, but he's just plain fun to be around. His commercial work has blossomed recently as well with campaigns for Casio, O'Neill and DVS/Matix. For now it looks like his modeling career will unfortunately take a backseat to his photography. It's just rare that a photographer can be as equally talented in front of the lens as he is behind it. You'll be seeing more of him in the future for sure. Yikes, we mean more of his work.

Double Barrel Brodown

Two in the Chamber - Images by A-Frame Media/Epes Sargent

Twin brothers Kiva and Tide Rivers share a barrel at Honolua Bay. See the entire sequence above and hop on over to http://espn.go.com/action/surfing/blog/_/post/5037493 for the story

Not sure if they’re adding “tandem barrel riding” to their surf school curriculum but if you’re ever in Maui check them out: www.riverstothesea.com/

Quiksilver Airlines?

Hold on a second. Have things completely turned around already? Have the planets realigned themselves and Quiksilver is again the rightful leader of the surf world? Whatever has happened, extremely savvy marketing initiative or not, we love seeing our work on airplanes and this double-sided beauty goes out to Mr. Todd Glaser. Todd photographed Julian during a recent shoot in Nicaragua for Julian's, Irons Brother's Productions, film called Scratching the Surface. Fasten your seat belts and get those trays stowed boys it's going to be a wild ride. Click here to read more.

More Big Wave Hunting

There has been a group of big wave surfers who have been going non-stop this winter and photographer Jason Murray has been there every step of the way. Not sure when these guys sleep, but I'd bet that the adrenaline coursing through their veins has them pretty jacked up at this point. Check their most recent score off the coast of Northern Baja at a lovely little place called Isla Todos Santos.

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.

Paddling at the Bank

Photo: Jason Murray/A-Frame

A-Frame's big game hunter Jason Murray scored a session of a lifetime out at Cortes Bank. A select group of international big wave riders, as well as 9-time world champ Kelly Slater motored out to the Bank on December 26th and caught what some would say is the best paddle-in session the place has ever seen. See a teaser here.

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.