The Surfer's Journal Original Articles (Alphabetical Archive)
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A 1976 North Shore Diary John Witzig shares a glimpse into what life was like for visiting surfers on the North Shore in the mid seventies. Witzig discusses his own surfing experience as well as that of many others, including Australians Mark Richards, Ian Cairns, Peter... |
Volume 18 NO. 2 - Spring '09 |
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A Beautiful Pandemonium: How Rick Griffin Became the Unlikely Herald of the Psychedelic Revolution Steve Barilotti provides a biography of iconic surf artist Rick Griffin. This piece follows Rick from his days as a high school student contributing the Murphy comics to Surfer Magazine, to his eventual conversion to Christianity and... |
Volume 12 NO. 5 - Winter '03 |
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A Brazilian Surfer's Guide to Brazil Reinaldo Andraus provides a surfer's guide to the various wave zones of Brazil and provides a bit of Brazilian surf history. |
Volume 6 NO. 3 - Fall '97 |
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A California Quartet A visit to four unique surfers’ homes: Jimmy Gamboa shares his unique Malibu home along with his favorite surf spots. Longtime South Laguna Beach resident Randy Hild is just minutes to his favorite San Onofre haunt. For the last 20 years, Richard... |
Volume 19 NO. 5 - Fall '10 |
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A Chacun Son Paradis Twenty-one photos of Greg Rabejac's portfolio covering Africa, France, Britain, Scotland, and The Basque Country. |
Volume 16 NO. 1 - Winter '07 |
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A Chilean Odyssey A feature article profiling the surfing life of professional Chilean surfer Ramon Navarro. The author, Yasha Hetzel, brings us into the life of Navarro, traveling through his childhood and upbringing in Pichilemu, his discovery of Chilean big... |
Volume 16 NO. 3 - Summer '07 |
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A Cook Islands Wiki Tim Brimblecombe's adventure to the South Pacific's remote Cook Islands with its powerful reef passes and "land of the giant" sea urchins. |
Volume 19 NO. 5 - Fall '10 |
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A Few Minutes with Roy Fowler An interview with Roy Fowler. Roy tells of his childhood and growing up as a young surfer on the beach in Santa Barbara, CA, to his Walker Street studio in New York City where his inspiration came from abstract expressionist artists. |
Volume 19 NO. 2 - Spring '10 |
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A Fisherman's Hunch Tony Harrington and a crew of Australian big wave surfers set sail in a prawn trawler in search of a new wave. Their trip is based on fisherman John Schmucker's hunch that there is a big wave spot lurking off the coast of a remote island in South... |
Volume 18 NO. 3 - Summer '09 |
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A Fishing Village in Japan With no crowds to speak of, a small fishing village in Japan hosts countless short-lived typhoon swells that pound the rocky point along its lonely coast. |
Volume 15 NO. 1 - Spring '06 |
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A Full Measure A synopsis of the success of SurfAid in helping Mentawais and Nias villages in Indonesia with health and education programs. |
Volume 16 NO. 1 - Winter '07 |
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A Hell of a Big Swell By Lance Conragan Lance Conragen, one time captain of a sportsfishing charter boat and keen surfer recounts the biggest day he's experienced at Half Moon Bay. |
Volume 9 NO. 4 - Fall '00 |
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A Man Called Rice Johnny Rice, one of Santa Cruz's oldest-running surfers and shapers, has lived an illustrious life of surfing and travelling through California, Hawaii, and Brazil, and now supports fellow American Indians who struggle with alcohol and drug... |
Volume 15 NO. 2 - Spring '06 |
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A Mischief of Rats: Cleaning up with Island Conservation What can be worse than an oil spill? According to Rory Stansbury of Island Conservation, a rat spill can be far worse. Rory and crew travel to distant islands eradicating non-native predators catching a few waves along the way. |
Volume 20 NO. 2 - Spring '11 |
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A Nahua Way of Knowledge Paul Ferrais visits an obscure left point in Mexico and visits with a local who works the land and surfs the point. |
Volume 17 NO. 1 - Winter '08 |
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A Night at the Cantina by Allan WeisBecker A Night at the Cantina is an historical account of the discovery, development and devolution of a surfer’s paradise, the Pavones region in Costa Rica. This chance discovery of a mile-long left point wave the absence of which this intriguing story... |
Volume 13 NO. 2 - Spring '04 |
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A North Shore Diary Chris Malloy describes the daily activities of the Malloy brothers Keith, Dan, and their "young-guns" surf buddies (Kelly Slater, Todd Chesser, Donny Soloman, Kalani Robb, etc.) during the month of November. Watermen all, they keep busy plying... |
Volume 5 NO. 1 - Spring '96 |
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A November Surf While reconciling the changing face of surf culture with his aging positioning as a surfer, Ted Gugelyk braves a sharky paddle to Rabbit Island from Makapu'u beach on a stormy day of high surf, and refuses to take a more contemporary means of... |
Volume 1 NO. 4 - Winter '92 |
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A Parade of Days: The Art of David Lloyd Biography of Surf Artist David Lloyd explaining the world wide experience that has molded Lloyd's style. His success and art collections are revered by historians in the industry, and are on display at Lloyd's studio in Los Angeles. |
Volume 13 NO. 1 - Spring '04 |
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A Pat Stacy Portfolio 26-year-old Pat Stacy’s water-shooting ride from Mission Viejo to Western Australia. |
Volume 19 NO. 1 - Winter '10 |
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A Reckoning: California's Golden Boy David Eggers Writer Dean LaTourrette takes us back to the 1980's for a look at David Eggers surfing fame. Eggers had one of the best amateur surfing records ever and turned pro at 16 years old, only to follow that amazing triumph with a downward spiraling... |
Volume 16 NO. 5 - Fall '07 |
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A Roll of the Dice A remote Indonesia boat trip with Dustin Humphries, Mikala Jones, Daniel Jones and Timmy Turner: the boat, the crew, and perfect sets. |
Volume 19 NO. 1 - Winter '10 |
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A Semi Search for Now-Ness by Thomas Campbell & Dan Malloy Thomas Campbell and Dan Malloy recount some of their experiences from the filming of the movie Sprout. Thomas opens with some observations on the state of American culture and the fragmented nature of our lives. After the logistical hardships one... |
Volume 12 NO. 4 - Fall '03 |
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A Shaper's Fugue Dave Parmenter goes through the mental process of shaping a custom board for Flippy Hoffman using a unique rocker bent by Matthew Barker who worked at Clark Foam. Flippy's life stories as a California surfer that went to Hawaii in the 1950s and... |
Volume 13 NO. 4 - Fall '04 |
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A Shot at the Title Jim Kravets relates the story of his surfing initiation at Nias Island, Indonesia. High points: getting rolled on the reef by a monster wave; being stripped of his swim trunks; breaking his surfboard leash; almost drowning. |
Volume 12 NO. 1 - Spring '03 |
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A Skipping Stone: Jeff Divine Portfolio: 1970 - 1999 Jeff Divine annotates a selection of surf shots from a career spanning 3 decades thus far. Introduction by Steve Pezman. |
Volume 9 NO. 4 - Fall '00 |
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A String of Pearls in the Arabian Sea A chain of atolls in the Indian Ocean beckons surfers with access to a boat, offering hospitality in the form of diverse sea life, several reef passes, and friendly locals. Welcome to the Maldives. |
Volume 5 NO. 4 - Winter '96 |
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A Surfer's Guide to Queensland An overview of the surfing on the Goldcoast of Australia. So much more than Kirra Point or the Superbank, the brilliant breaks of the Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, & adjacent islands leave locals asking one question: why travel? |
Volume 3 NO. 2 - Summer '94 |
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A Village Lost in Time The surfing in Madiera was a well-kept secret amongst the few traveling surfers who ventured off the beaten path until a 1994 profile in Surfer Magazine, when this tiny island's Madeira's explicit identity was ambiguously danced around, and,... |
Volume 5 NO. 1 - Spring '96 |
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A Visit to Rell's Motel The late Rell Sunn graciously tours us through her life and home, sharing some of her myriad stories that beautifully ride the high and low tides of life, which for her have involved a decade-plus battle with breast cancer, two divorces, and a... |
Volume 2 NO. 3 - Fall '93 |
