Chris Burkard / BurkardPhoto.com
Wow. Chris Burkard of San Luis Obispo is one artistic, incredible photographer. Check out his website! He recently was awarded the inaugural Follow the Light Foundation grant in memory of Larry “Flame” Moore. While the award is intended to encourage emerging, talented and aspiring surf photographers, Chris Burkard has a ton of talent already as his photography demonstrates – refering to him as “emerging” is something of a backward compliment. As of this writing, his website (BurkardPhoto.com) is not yet operational. However, Surfline has a great profile of him along with 23 remarkable examples of his imagery. Surfing Mag online also has a selection of his images, some different ones, in their profile of him. Please check both galleries out, you won’t be sorry, in fact you’ll wonder when his web site will be launched so you can see more of his work.
