19 thoughts on “chris bickford – surfer”

  1. Lance Rosenfield

    chris.. they say once a surfer always a surfer.. well you could say i left 8 years of surfing in california (san luis obispo) for ‘another life’.. not an easy choice at all. my 9’4″ custom Weber hangs above me now and my 6’8″ is in the corner even here in Austin. ready for that morning session before work because the aleutians have given us another gift. this picture takes me back to many a sessions with my buddies up and down california’s coast.. and indonesia, panama, costa rica, mexico, etc.. water in the face, sun on the skin, saltcrust in the eyebrows.. harmonious with one of natures wet wonders.. the wave. wonderful picture amigo.

  2. Bob Black

    yo, dude, you r killing me!!!!!!!….i am so stuck here in Winter, that yesterday my son and i did some Christmas tree surfing (2 feet of snow fell friday-saturday)….and this is such a grilloo-pic! :)))))…if i wasnt such a snow bound old 40 year old, i’d borrow one of Rosenfields bords and make my way south south south!!!!…maybe when Harvey waxes up his new place, we’ll go spilling! :)))))….

    you can take the man away from the wave but you cannot,not ever, take the wave out of the man…i know :)))

    beautiful photograph…can we have more please!!!

    hugs
    bob

  3. anton

    wow, please teach me to surf…. chris you’d better stock up on beer… ‘cos i’ll be heading your way if you keep on posting pics like this :))))))

  5. tom hyde

    Hey Bickford, I love this whole series … you already know that. There is a great book in the making here so suck it up, get the suit on dude, plastic up that camera and hit the winter waves. :)) Your fans are waiting!

    tom

  7. chris bickford

    Wow, thanks y’all…more to come:) Any of you guys got the rubber for it, come on down and surf some icy water…it won’t get warm again until May…

    Laredo, I was swimming in the water with a housing around my camera. Usually to get a decent shot you have to get close enough to risk getting smashed in the face. But these guys are pretty nimble on their boards, so far I haven’t had any serious injuries, knock on wood…

  11. chris bickford

    Wendy…A movie…hmmm…well both of my 5D’s are down right now, one due to water damage…(high price of art)…so once the insurance money comes in and the mark 2 shows up at my door, maybe there just will be a movie…

    Thanks all for the comments. We’ll have a lot of books to trade around soon–Eric, Lance, Patricia, Anton..and Tom…(475 KENT!!)…

    So who’s got a good title for this photo? David just called it “surfer” for filing reasons. We couldn’t think of a better name. And, if the title didn’t make it obvious, would it be obvious that this is a picture of a surfer, or would you have thought something else?

  14. panos skoulidas

    bravo chris…
    making love to the WAVE… or penetrating the WAVE…
    i dont know, i can only think of sex right now…
    laughing…

  15. panos skoulidas

    chris…
    i think that the name for your photo should be “orgasm”
    ;)))))))
    ( not kidding )
    brilliant photo… so faraway from the typical 1000mm lens surfer shots….
    unique, instant classic
    again bravo

  16. bobblack

    ok bickford, from one surfer (although, havent surfed since i’ve been toe-tied north) to another, i gotta title for ya’ll:

    “WALKING THE NOSE ….OF LIGHT”

    u ever coffin surf??…

    running to finish xmas shopping

    hugs
    b

  17. bobblack

    of course Endless Summer kept my mind off the winters of Pennsylvania when i was a teen….but u gotta also check out Big Wednesday and Riding Giants (Stacy Peralta’s 2nd flick: but of course, im sure y’all have already dug deep from Zboys, which is MY generation y’all)…first movie i rented for Dima when he was 9 and learning to skate: Dogtown, daddy!! ;)))

    running
    b

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