Royce Cansler and the folks at Billabong did an amazing job organizing the Billabong Art of Shaping, Orange County Edition charity benefit. I was honored to shoot portraits of most of the shapers for the poster, event displays and web site. This was an exciting experience, as more than fifty years of Orange County shaping was represented. The boards and shaper displays were exhibited at ASR on Friday and then on Saturday at the Sacred Craft surfboard show. On Saturday evening at the Art of Shaping reception, the exquisite boards were auctioned off for charity. The beneficiaries include:
Keep a Breast, B4BC – Boarding for Breast Cancer, Surfer’s Healing, Jimmy Miller Foundation, AccesSurf Hawaii, Mauli Ola Foundation, Best Day Foundation, Outdoor Outreach, Stoked Mentoring, Life Rolls On, Project Wipeout, Surf Aid International, and Sumba Foundation. For more information check out :
http://www.billabong.com/artofshaping/benafactors10.html
Here are photos of the boards and displays at ASR on Friday.
Royce and the Billabong folks graciously made a thank you sign “Official Art of Shaping Photographer” and I was very touched. It is an honor to work on this project with Royce and the Billabong team.
Love and Aloha, Cher
16/08/2010 at 1:33 am Permalink
Great Job and Photos, Thanks
23/08/2010 at 7:37 pm Permalink
Hi, Jimmie, thanks for your kind words. It was a wonderful experience making the photos of these great shapers.
Aloha, Cher
07/09/2010 at 3:03 am Permalink
Awesome surfing boards, very artistic! Well done 🙂