Shawn Parkin - 2012 FTLF Winner

The 2012 Finalists from L-R: Ryan Craig, Matt Kurvin, Sarah Lee, Shawn Parkin, Mike Smolowe

 The Follow the Light Foundation awards took place last night and once again the competition was fierce. Any one of the finalists could have taken home the top prize, but in the end it was Shawn Parkin coming out on top. Well done Shawn! The other finalists were Sarah Lee (People's Choice Award Winner), Matt Kurvin, Mike Smolowe and A-Frame contributor Ryan Craig.

2012 Follow the Light Foundation Sponsors

Your 2012 Winner: Shawn Parkin

One of Shawn's amazing images

Two of the best water photographers in the business:
A-Frame Photographers Pat Stacy and Todd Glaser

BACK-2-BACK

Pat Stacy scores consecutive SURFER covers
The highly anticipated SURFER Big Issue is out and boy is it a whopper. Weighing in at a hefty 5 lbs with over 265 pages the annual behemoth is chock full of incredible imagery. A-Framer's Zak Noyle, Todd Glaser, Jason Childs, Chris Burkard and Morgan Maassen scored the lion's share of the "100 Best Waves" feature and Pat Stacy locked down his second cover in a row. Job well done boys.

http://www.surfermag.com/magazine/

TRIBUTE TO ANDY IRONS

ANDY IRONS - Images by A-Frame Media

The surf world lost a true champion this week. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the entire Iron’s family and all of Andy’s friends from around the world.
Peace be with you Andy. You will not be forgotten.

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