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Aaberg, Kemp

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Abellira, Reno

Abubo, Megan

academia and surfing

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advertising and surfing

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aerial

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Aichner, Scott

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Aikau, Eddie

Aipa, Ben

air-drop

airbrush

Airshow

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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

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Angourie

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Apocalypse Now

Arabian Sea

Aragon, Janice

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Ashton, Juan

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Aurness, Rolf

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Ball, John “Doc”

Ballard, Bill

Ballard, Rochelle

balsa

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Barilotti, Steve

Barland, Michel

Barreda, Sergio “Gordo”

Barry, Michael

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Baxter, Jackie

Bay of Bengal

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Beacham, Debbie

beachboys

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beavertail

Becker, Phil

Bedford-Brown, Stuart

Belgium

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Bendall, Ma and Pa

Bennett, Barry

Benson, Becky

Benson, Blanche

Benson, Linda

Bermuda

Amiable surf videographer from Kauai, Hawaii; best known for filming the top women pro surfers in the '90s and '00s. Ballard was born (1967) on Edwards Air Force Base, in Kern County, California, and began surfing at age 18. In 1993, one year after marrying up-and-coming Hawaiian pro Rochelle Gordines (the couple divorced in the early 2000s) and moving to Kauai, Ballard bought a Canon video camera, and while traveling with Rochelle as she competed on the world tour, began to film both the men's and women's pros.

, Ballard's first commercial video, came out in 1995. His next work, 

, made with Jason Kenworthy, Ryan Ray, and Ryan Dival, earned five 

 magazine Video Award nominations in 1996, including video of the year. He was on to Andy and Bruce Irons, also from Kauai, before any other filmmaker, and caught the brothers in the early stages of their supernatural development as surfers. Ballard went on to make over two dozen surf videos, including 

 (2008), which won Best Soundtrack at the 2009 X-Dance Film Festival.

 (2000) were Ballard's first all-women projects. When Universal decided to make a surfing romance movie, they bought the 

 title from Ballard and hired him as a cameraman; Universal's like-titled film came out in 2002.

In 1994, Ballard founded Billygoat Productions, a surf video production/distribution company. Since 2005, he's produced videos and webisodes for surfwear giant Volcom. Ballard has also worked as a transportation specialist on several Hollywood productions, including 

 a John Florence travelogue narrated by actor John C. Rielly, and the first surf movie to be shot in 4K. 

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