Cover

The cover for Volume 17, Number 6. Mickey Smith, front row and center, gets the shot as Tom Lowe weaves through an Irish drainer.

Page One

A Day ending event for Peter Mel, to say the least.  Photo by Jack English.

Table of Contents

Will photos of perfect Pipe every get old? The table of contents for Volume 17, No. 6 don't think so.  Photo by Clark Little.

Nucleus Atlantis

The Long brothers head deep into the Atlantic looking for new waves.  The idea: check the two most swell-exposed Islands, in a place where some of the largest storms on Earth love to show off their muscle.

The End, Almost

Paul H-O tells a tale of the bone-chilling Northeast surf experience.  As a nor'easter barrels into the coast of Long Island, Paul heads out for a harrowing Late January session on his 7'0 gun.

Gone to Soldiers

Rest in peace Lieutenant Nainoa Hoe 1978-2005.  "As winter swells approach, there will be one less among us."

First Person: Donald Takayama

The definitive piece on Donald Takayama as told to Scott Hulet.  Dale Velzy noticed the young boy who grew up at Waikiki was shaping his own boards even at 9 years old, immediately inviting him to California, and the story begins.  Now at 65 years young, "DT is surfing as fast and island-style as ever-no exaggeration."

Anchored: An Intergenerational Surf Trip

Photographer Jeff Hornbaker accompanies seven top tier female surfers on a boat trip to the Mentawais.  Includes a plethora of full color photos of Megan Abubo, Kassia Meador, Lyndsay Noyes, Lee-Ann Curren, Steph Gilmore, Serena Brooke, and Sally Fitzgibbons.

More Side Orders

A series of short pieces by Kimo Hollinger.  Hollinger talks about being "aged" and surfing the North Shore, signing books with Greg Noll, 9-11, saving people, Alligator Dusty, Val's Reef, and live music.

Nature Boys

Tommy Leitch profiles Australian surfer/artists, Jeff Raglus and Gerry Wedd.  Raglus a painter and Wedd a potter by trade combine their work carving their own niche in the world of surfing and art.

B-Roll

A collection of Greg Weaver's B-Roll photos from 1969-1971. Greg spent years traveling the globe in search of cheap living and excellent waves. The locations included in this set of photos are: Europe, Mauritius, South Africa (with Mike Diffenderfer) and Hawaii. Artistically he notes his influences as Ron Stoner, George Greenough and Spyder Wills. Among the stories that accompany these photos, Weaver mentions Tamarin Bay on Mauritius and how it became the location for the movie Forgotten Island of Santosha, which he filmed in 1972-73.

Turning Faroese

Making the Connection

Undercurrents

Remember the Future

Richard Kenvin talks Simmons planing hulls.  There is a place for the 60 year old design in the future foresees Kenvin, and slowly but surely the present is becoming the future right in Simmons old backyard.