2011 Big Photo Book

Ben Bourgeois has been know to grab some beautiful surf shots in secret locations. He's had a totally of 3 covers for TransWorld Surf within four trips. Some may call it luck, being that the locations he get the photos from are unknown with no crowds. However, in a article on TransWorld Surf's site Bourgeois talks about his scouting work on searching for new locations;

It s hard nowadays to get photos in the mag unless it s a 50-footer at Chopes or something, laughs Ben. But to find something new that s no one s seen, I think people are interested in that, too. Yeah, that spot s been good to me.

For the cover of the 2011 Big Photo Book the choice was pretty clear and even though the article notes spots that make the cover get crowded within month, Ben's not too worried:

Actually, it s gotten a lot harder to get there now, he says, so I m not too worried about people going there. Plus it maybe only breaks two or three times a year. And to top it off, there s a lot of tricks to getting there now.

Read the full article here.