Current issue: 34.3

On the cover: In the world of lamination, Jack Reeves rises above. From volan to E-glass, he lays cloth with a master’s hand and eye. To get the full scope of how Reeves became the go-to glasser for shaping’s inner circle—and, in the process, turned into the best in the world at his craft—read “Pulling the Tape,” on page 116. Photograph by Arto Saari. Other features in this issue draw parallels between the surf and aerospace industries, get lucky at a fickle South Pacific slab, trace the altered history of a once-famed Indonesian wave, and lurk in a storied carpark. We also tap into the knowledge of an ace forecaster on the cutting-edge of swell science, study surf-art allegory, hang with a newly content nomad, slide 11-foot-plus boards, and more.

Preview Issue

Tom Curren at Bawa on the Fireball Fish

TSJ 34.3’s “Fish Bowl” tracks the wave’s 20-year-run. Watch The Search session that put it on the map, again.

Rushes: Viewing Life’s Dailies with Jack McCoy

A profile of the surf auteur by Jamie Brisick, originally published in 2003.

Some Men are Mountains

Clyde Aikau’s no-bullshit takes on charging at 70, his family’s Waimea Bay lineage, and the joy of giving back.

Longboarder Seitaro Nakamura in “Nothing More. Nothing Less”

Watch the traditional approaches of a minimalist in a short film by Tatsuo Takei.

Harrison Roach’s “Bad Things Come in Three”

Screening exclusively for TSJ members until April 25.

Follow the Line

Mid-face tracks and anthropological theory.

Varanger, Faraway

Breaking the compass in the clear, dark north.

The End of The Endless Summer

An excerpt from Mike Hynson’s autobiography Transcendental Memories of a Surf Rebel.

A Moment of Reflection 2024

A tribute to the wave riders we lost this year.

A Semi-Search for Nowness

Road slices during the filming of “Sprout” with Dan Malloy, Belen Connelly, and Alex Knost.

Return to the Bering

Screening exclusively for TSJ members from November 1-7

The Last Urchin Diver

Surfer and bottom-scratcher Conner Rhoads is one of the youngest holdouts in a shrinking old-world trade. Join him for a dive through the tides of change.

Searching for Arcadia in Lebanon, Tunisia, and Egypt

A short film documenting Kepa Acero and Marc Durà’s travels in the Eastern and Southern Mediterranean, where the surf and bodies politic can flip on a dime.

By the Horns

Joey Cabell on his impromptu bull fight, speed sailing, skiing, the power of commitment, and shaping and riding the White Ghost.

A Lousy Slave

Avant-garde artist, shaper, and performer Peter Schroff emerged from Echo Beach in the 1980s, a decade ahead of his time. Thirty-years later, he’s up to his same old tricks.