2010 Flame Photography Awards

If you're in town for the US Open this week please join us at the
Shorebreak Hotel in Huntington Beach for the
2010 Flame Photography Awards

Pat Stacy :: Solo Exhibition at the TBWA\Chiat\Day Art Space

Special thanks to keen surfer and TBWA\Chiat\Day producer, Michael Gross who, after seeing a recent Surfing Magazine cover, reached out to Pat with an invitation to hang his work in their amazing indoor city of an office. Michael had been a fan of Pat’s work, but his giant barrel cover shot of an arm raised Timmy Reyes (May 2010 issue of Surfing Magazine) pushed him over the edge to call about doing a show. Pat did a Friday afternoon presentation to a packed house and got the entire building into surf mode right before summer besieged our fine state. From Pat Stacy and everyone here at A-Frame we thank the fine folks at TBWA\Chiat\Day for their incredible hospitality and for keeping our guys on their radar. We are very grateful to say the least.

Photos: Alyssa Stacy

CHARLIE DOES SURF

Kalani Robb got huge props from LOST star Dominic Monaghan during a recent appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Monaghan explains how he broke his foot while surfing with "one of the best surfer's of his generation" (Robb) and urges everyone to check out his POV barrel footage on YouTube. How cool is that you ask? Well, pretty darn cool. A-Frame Photographer / Cinematographer Pete Hodgson has engineered some incredibly effective mounting devices for his POV cams that have taken the common man on a ride through the tube. If you’ve never been barreled or if it’s just been awhile we urge you to sit back, get comfortable and ride along with Kalani and Pete as they take you through a tour of the green room. http://www.youtube.com/user/HodgsonHawaii

Is There Aloha in the Water?

Check this great Zak Noyle interview by the Swiss powerhouse SF (Schweizer Fernsehen). Zak is such a humble artist that even though we can’t understand the interview, his passion comes through as if you just did a Rosetta Stone course. Have a look and you’ll see what we mean.

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.