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29.2

Contents

Bird Brains

If aviary flight patterns mirror surf styles, is surfing just an act of nature?By Norris Eppes

Reasons to Keep Paddling

Jamie Mitchell talks environmentalism and the current state of professional big-wave surfing.By Nathan Myers

Submariner

Todd Glaser’s underwater dreamscapes.By Ben Waldron

Boot Leather

In Western Australia, wilderness is just past the carpark.By Jed Smith

Back From Hell

Unpacking our hard-wired fascination with surf trip disasters.By Kirk Owers

When Worlds Collided

The 1970 World Contest wasn’t just a reflection of the sport—it was a mirror of surf culture itself.By Phil Jarratt

South of the Speedway

At home with Trey Edwards.By Michael Adno

Twin-Fin Miscellanea

An offshore-fanned beachbreak—with a skilled crew in attendance—offers a fitting test track for homegrown designs.By Christian Beamish

Memory and the First Coast

California Revisited.By Ralph Sneeden

Some Assembly Required

Nole Cossart’s journey into the arduous and the arcaneBy Ethan Stewart

The Greener Grasses of Indonesia

Photographer John Respondek spends six weeks scouring the outer reaches.By John Respondek

Dung Beach

Vodka for breakfast. River rat for lunch. Ear infection for dinner.By Kevin Jones

Setting A Natural Course

The values of choosing a life in pursuit of wave riding.By Steve Pezman

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