A-frame

Aaberg, Denny

Aaberg, Kemp

Abberton, Koby

Abbruzzi, Sid

Abellira, Reno

Abubo, Megan

academia and surfing

Adler, Tom

advertising and surfing

Aeder, Erik

aerial

Aguerre, Fernando

Aichner, Scott

Aikau, Clyde

Aikau, Eddie

Aipa, Ben

air-drop

airbrush

Airshow

Ala Moana

Alabama

alaia board

Alaska

alcohol and surfing

Alexander, Kala

Alexandre, João (Dapin)

Allen, Chuck

Alms, Paige

aloha shirt

Alter, Hobie

Alvarez, Pepe

Ancell, Kevin

Andaman Islands

Andersen, Lisa

Anderson, Craig

Anderson, Simon

Andino, Kolohe

Angel, Jose

angle

Angola

Angourie

Antarctica

Apocalypse Now

Arabian Sea

Aragon, Janice

Arakawa, Eric

Archbold, Matt

Arena, Eduardo

Ashton, Juan

Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP)

Atlantic Ocean

August, Robert

Aurness, Rolf

Auster, Ken

Australia

Avalon, Frankie

Azores

backdoor

backside

backside attack, Pipeline

backwash

bail out

Bain, Rob

Baja California

Baker, Bernie

Baker, Grant “Twiggy”

Baker, Tim

Bali

Ball, John “Doc”

Ballard, Bill

Ballard, Rochelle

balsa

Baltic Sea

Banks, Jim

Barbados

Barilotti, Steve

Barland, Michel

Barreda, Sergio “Gordo”

Barry, Michael

Bartholomew, Wayne

Baxter, Jackie

Bay of Bengal

Beach Boys, The

Beacham, Debbie

beachboys

beachbreak

Beachcomber Bills Grand Prix

Beachley, Layne

beavertail

Becker, Phil

Bedford-Brown, Stuart

Belgium

Bells Beach

Bendall, Ma and Pa

Bennett, Barry

Benson, Becky

Benson, Blanche

Benson, Linda

Bermuda

Levelheaded surf photographer from Hawaii; best known for his evocative travel photography and his mid-'90s images of the Hawaiian big-wave break known as Jaws. 

Aeder was born in Seattle (1955), grew up in La Jolla, California, began surfing and photography in his early teens, and with no formal training had several photos published in

 magazines before his senior year of high school. Aeder moved to Maui in 1975, and three years later he and his younger brother Kirk were listed as contributing photographers on the

 masthead; in 1987 Erik was promoted to senior photographer. 

Aeder often traveled to exotic surf locations, and developed a knack for the pulled-back angle: his 1978 lineup shots of Nias helped alert surfers to Indonesia's vast wave potential, and an image from Easter Island—included in his 1982 

 feature, "The Most Remote Surf Spot in the World"—showed a lone surfer walking across a grass-covered plateau, framed by ancient lava-stone moai statues, with a perfect wave breaking in the background. 

In 1994, at Jaws, Aeder began shooting the small group of Hawaiian surfers who had recently invented the personal watercraft–assisted tow-in method, which reconfigured big-wave riding. Throughout the 2000s he continued to document the action at Jaws. 

Aeder has contributed to a number of illustrated surfing books, including 

Maverick's: The Story of Big-Wave Surfing

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