Burkard Does It Again

Chris Burkard has landed another iconic cover with his shot of Josh Mulcoy banking a lip in Alaska with a beautiful snow-capped mountain as the backdrop. Much of the chatter on social media is hailing this as one of the best Surfer Magazine covers of all time. We tend to agree. Nice work Burky!

To see more of Chris Burkard's work click here.

Childs Nails Latest Surfer Cover

Ace photographer Jason Childs captured the November 2013 cover of Surfer Magazine with this shot of John John Florence in a green cavern in Indonesia. Jason has been based out of Bali for over 15 years and his knowledge of the surf in the area allows him to get the best surfers in the best spots.

Return to Film - Todd Glaser

Check out this cool little piece ESPN did on Todd Glaser and his film work. Remember those days when there was some grain in photos and every shot counted?

Behind the Scenes with Chris Burkard

Check out this great video short of Chris Burkard and witness how he captures those special moments we see published around the world.



INSIVITY - CHRIS BURKARD from The Tablet Gurus on Vimeo.

See more of Chris' beautiful imagery in his book The California Surf Project

WINNING

Award season is in full swing and the A-Frame Crew has been cleaning up. Here is the list of current blue ribbon recipients (in no particular order)



TWSurf Magazine Photo of the Year - Winner: Jason Kenworthy
Flare Surf. Red Bull Minor Threat Trip 2011. Surfer: Bruce Irons.

SURFER Magazine Photo of the Year - Winner: Zak Noyle
Tahitian Perfection. Surfer: Christian Redongo. Teahupoo, Tahiti.

ESeMMY AWARDS: Photographer of the Year - Winner: Ryan Miller
Eastern Surf Magazine salutes one of the right coast’s finest.

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/

Surfer Magazine Photo of the Year

Photo: Todd Glaser/A-Frame

Congratulations to A-Frame's Todd Glaser for not only claiming 2 SURFER covers this year, but for taking home the coveted FOTY Award. Since being on staff at SURFER Todd has proven himself as one of the up and coming shinning stars on a staff that hosts the best in the business. Todd loves shooting film and gets so immersed with his subjects that the candid nature of his work has a refreshing take that puts you in the moment.

This month Todd's images of Greg Long and Grant "Twiggy" Baker were featured in a FUEL TV campaign in the Denver International Airport (deserving of it's own post on this blog shortly)

http://www.surfermag.com/events/spa09/results-surfer-video-2008.htm

Jason Kenworthy Bags the Elusive "Girls" Cover

In the 50 years of its publication Surfer Magazine has only felt moved to place a female surfer on their cover a mere 3 times. I don't think anyone blames them for that but if I were a pro surfer I'd be lining up to go on Worthy's next trip. Jason's cover ratio looks like Kobe’s shooting percentage so if you’ve got the moves you might want to think about getting in front of Mr. Kenworthy’s lens for a shot at the most coveted cover in the biz.

Surfing Heritage Foundation Announces Nike 6.0 As Sponsor For Spring “Light Table Sessions”

Back by popular demand, the Surfing Heritage Foundation announces the continuation of last years surf photographer slide shows with a new series for 2009, “Light Table Sessions” presented by Nike 6.0. The series of three shows is co-produced with the cooperation of surf publications TransWorld SURF, Surfing and Surfer. Each magazine’s Photo Editor will present a slide show of their favorite images and “talk story” about the images and the photographers who took them.

On April 24, TransWorld SURF’s Aaron Checkwood will be first to present, followed by Peter Taras of Surfing Magazine May 22, and the series concludes on June 26 with Surfer Magazine’s Grant Ellis. Each show will be unique and all showings will be held at the Surfing Heritage Foundation’s San Clemente location, with the world’s most important collection of surfboards as the setting for the events. Participants will be able to view the collection, enjoy a no host bar; and have a unique opportunity to enjoy a slide show and meet the Photo Editors of each publication. Each event will start at 7:00 and cost $15 to attend. Seating is limited. Proceeds will benefit SHF. For ticket sales and driving directions call the Surfing Heritage Foundation at 949 388-0313 x 5.
https://www.surfingheritage.org/news.aspx?id=20