Current issue: 33.4

On the cover: Noa Deane, Off The Wall. “This was a true double-up,” says photographer Ryan Craig, “and the energy of the swell started pulling me out of my ideal position. As Noa bottom turned, I kept my arm in the face as long as possible, holding down the trigger, but I had to pull through before getting sucked over.” In this issue, we pull into an understudied zone in South America, an outer-island hand-built home in Hawaii, and Paris’ 18th arrondissement—where an artist is hellbent on “transgressing surfing’s codes.” We also track a South African father and son’s experimental roots, study a Japanese artist’s interpretation of the human experience, and remember a late San Diego shaper’s indelible legacy.

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Batik with Chili Pepper Crab

Remembering big-wave and textile industry pioneer Walter Hoffman, (1931-2024).

Paradise Lost

Are there any lessons to learn from the myriad ways traveling surfers have mangled paradise? A look at three hotly debated locations—in Mexico, Fiji, and Indonesia—where locals and visitors alike are attempting to responsibly manage crowds, tensions, development, and surf resources.

Harrison Roach in “Proper by Any Measure”

A short film featuring the TSJ 33.3 profile subject riding boards from his diverse quiver.

A Nahua Way of Knowledge

Camping, surfing, and farming on the edge of a Nahua village in Michoacán with local David “El Vaquero” Ramos Flores.

The Last One

Surfing is losing its greatest generation of handshapers. What will happen to the culture and the practice of building surfboards when they’re gone?

Soup Jockeys

A short film featuring Jordan Rodin’s finless surfing and Billy Cervi’s cinematography.

Run a Knife

Taj Burrow on transitioning from the professional tour to the real world, dealing with inevitable regression as a middle-aged surfer, and his favorite ’CT competitors.