Team Polaroid Action Cam Watersports Team
Here are a bunch of images we created with the Team Polaroid Action Cam World Class Wake Athletes. Polaroid recently introduced a new line of action sports compact cameras. Capable of shooting 1080p HD video and high quality stills all in a compact cam capable of being mounting on nearly anything to capture all your action moments. We shot wake boarders Mike Dowdy, Harley Clifford, Noah Flegel and Wake Surfers Keenan Flegel and Jaqualine Fort. Dean Lavelle also did it all!
Published work over the past couple weeks….
Here are a handful of shots where my work has appeared locally and around the world. Included is a write up with Eastern Surfing Magazine about a wave shot with a flash, images published on EPSN.com, various images published in publications for Fanatic paddleboards and also my interview with a school in the UK about my images appearing in National Geographic!
ESPN / Xgames.com Ben Hicks Portfolio Review
Apparently I like hues!
Here I am speaking in front of the crowd at my third annual Photos 2012 slideshow at Island Water Sports. Photo credit to Leon Legot!
Espn recently did an interview / portfolio review on my last year of shooting surfing around the world. Here are some screen shots from the article.
Cover shot for Atlantic Current Magazine – 2 in a row for 2012
The Atlantic Current magazine continues to grow as a prominent South Florida Sports and Lifestyle read. I was stoked to get the first and now the second straight cover. This time with Jr. World Champ Wakeboarder Noah Flegel. Not an easy shot to achieve as I was being dragged about 2 feet behind him on a tube. I also had a ton of other shots in the mag, here are some tearsheets. Articles on Tanner Strohmenger, The Flegel Brothers and The ResolversI also created two of the ads in the magazine.
3rd Annual 10 FPS Photos 2012
Take a look at the 2012 edition of my 10 Frames Per Second (FPS) video which is a review of the last 12 months of shooting. Check out more with my 3rd Annual Photo Exhibit at Island Water Sports on Friday January 4, 2013 at 6:30 p.m. where I will present my most memorable images and describe what it took to get each shot. Win some cool stuff from Quiksilver and Electric while supporting the local Jr. Surfrider Foundation.
Coverage of Hurricane Sandy in Florida and Puerto Rico
Hurricane Sandy literally created a huge stir in many ways around the Atlantic. Here are some images that were shot, ran, involved in, published, etc….
Featured cover image on the home page of Surfline.com
ESM.com
ESPN.com
Contents page of Dec issue of ESM magazine. Aerial of Deerfield Beach.
Main image for all marketing for The Deerfield Beach Surf Festival to Benefit Hurricane Sandy Victims.
IWS T-shirt. Sales to benefit Sandy Victims.
Atlantic Current Cover and spreads
A new mag has emerged in South Florida called The Atlantic Current. Many images of mine were chosen for the inside of the mag including the cover. Here are some screen shots…
Island Water Sports Advertising and promo
As we continue to work with Island Water Sports, they are constantly aiming at their customers with new visual materials and marketing for their brands. Here are some examples from Surf Camp t shirts to Logos.
Logo Development and creation for Island Water Sports Camps.
Back to School ad campaign. Print, Web and Social media outlets.
Trailer wrap for Island Water Sports.
New Lifestyle image campaign with Salt Life brand
Recently Salt Life purchased a handful of images for use in their in house ad campaigns. Look for them at their retail stores. They will be featuring their team rider Cappy that I recently shot on a trip to Indonesia. Here are two images below that have been featured thus far. 
Miami SUP guide for SUP Time Magazine in Europe
We wrote the entire article on Paddleboarding in Miami and also provided all the images for this article that was run in Europe recently.
Surfers for Autism – Juno Beach
Here are couple shots from our favorite non profit we support making their 2012 14 tour stop at Juno Beach Florida.
Indonesia Photo trip April 2012 – Mentawai Islands about the Indies Trader 3
I was asked to cover 8 guys on a surfing trip of their lives aboard the Indies Trader 3 throughout the Mentawai Islands over the course of 12 days. Adventure is not even the word. Chasing waves with the best boats and technology available….. in the best place in the world is an experience I wanted to share. So I did, everyday on my blog partnership with www.Slavetothewave.com! I had a series of blogs where I wrote and posted photos of everyday and the people, waves and experiences we encountered. You can see them all here www.slavetothewave.com/ben-hicks/
Here are some of my favorite images from the trip.
Launch of Boca Surf Camp website and Marketing Materials
Recently we were asked to create a website, flyers and marketing materials for Boca Surf Camp. All imagery, backgrounds, and portraits were also shot by us.
Surfing Florida History Exhibition opens in Boca Raton at the FAU University Galleries. Check out Eastern Surfing Magazine’s pre coverage of the event with a photo gallery by yours truly!
Recently Eastern Surfing Magazine enlisted me to get some shots for the upcoming gallery opening of Surfing Florida Exhibition at Florida Atlantic University. Using a handful of shots for the pre coverage of the event online, there will also be pre coverage in their print issue this month. Check out the live article HERE.
Surfline.com’s US East Coast Year in Review
A couple images from this weird winter were ran on Surfline.com including from what I recall as the first empty inside out barrel shot of Delray Public Beach and Tanner Strohmenger inside the hook! Check out the live article here East Coast winter-in-review
Keenan Flegel new team board shot on Inland Surfer
Some new stuff on World Champ Keenan Flegel’s board sponsor Inland Surfer website. http://inlandsurfer.com/boards/12/keenan.htm
Delray Beach Barrels and Slave to the Wave.com Mastermind Chris Beeman on ESM.com
Last week we got a little pulse. I went out for a swim and got a few empty tubes. Slave to the Wave’s own Chris Beeman was out giving a clinic on riding the nose and flew by me. Here is the image run on Eastern Surfing Magazine!
Portraits for Eastern Surfing Magazine Portraits of Florida Surfing History Exhibition setup
Eastern Surfing Magazine contacted me to try and get some portraits of the creation of this first ever gathering of the history of Florida surfing.
FAU University Galleries Director Rod Faulds
Tri-Fold Brochure for Island Water Sports
Recently we created a Tri-Fold Brochure for Island Water Sports representing their entire audience to kick off the winter 2011-12 season. These are flattened versions.
Last weeks shots ran so far online from South Beach.
Last week South Beach Miami decided to turn on during the Florida blizzard we had. Got a ton of shots, here are four that ran so far….
Turning with Cheyne Cottrell
Skeeter Zimmerman
This week I though I would try something new. Since I shoot so many sequences and usually only show a shot or two, I thought it may be more interesting by showing you guys the entire move instead of just one frame. So here ya go. Learn to turn….this week with Cheyne Cottrell.
IWS Summer Surf Camp
Cheyne and I hooked up on a nice turn that Surfline used a frame of. We thought the better frame went unused so you can check it on the flyer for IWS Surf Camp this summer in Cocoa Beach, FL.
Surfline 09
Check out local Cheyne Cottrell as we scored a little session in Palm Beach on Monday published on Surfline.com in Ides of March.
