Surfer Polls 2012

By John Hook

Surfers have inspired me so much. Just seeing these guys in videos made me really wanna get out there and have fun surfing. I thought I could return the favor, by turning them on to photography. Instead of taking pictures of my heroes at the recent Surfer Poll Awards, I put the camera in their hand and asked them to take a picture of me. I simply asked them, “Can I get you to take a picture?…” They were quick to say, “yes” and either hold up their award or strike a pose for me, then instead of taking their picture, I would add, “…take a picture, of me” and hand them my camera and smile and wait for them to take a picture of me by myself.

It was very fun to see the reactions of the surfers, some of them seemed confused, some of them laughed it off, and some of them really got into it and spent some time getting a quality shot. Some of my favorite “photographers” were: Jason Shibata, Freddy P, Sal Masekela, Joel Tudor, Rob Machado and David Rastovich.

Now I have 25 pictures of myself taken by heroes; that’s the award that I brought home.



Photo by Jason Shibata


Photo by Fred Patacchia



Photo by Sal Masakela



Photo by Chris Cote, Transworld Surf



Photo by Mark Healy



Photo by Joel Centeio



Photo by Keala Kennelly



Photo by Joel Tudor



Photo by Pat O’Connell



Photo by C.J. Hobgood



Photo by Mark Occhillupo



Photo by Dave & Crystal



Photo by Coco Ho



Photo by Zak Noyle



Photo by Jordy Smith



Photo by Rob Machado



Photo by Ian Walsh



Photo by Bethany Hamilton



Photo by Carissa Moore



Photo by Taj Burrow



Photo by Kelly Slater



Photo by Dane Reynolds



Photo by John John Florence



Photo by David Rastovich



Photo by Owen Wright

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