Follow the Line
Mid-face tracks and anthropological theory.
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Contents
On Style
“Get on a single-fin. It’ll smooth you out.”
Utility Infielder
Pulitzer-nominated columnist Jay Caspian Kang speaks about social media’s effect on surfing, the value of chasing something unattainable, and more.
Space is the Place
High-orbit airs and galactic flash.
The Line Cutters
Along the points of the Skeleton Coast, Ocean Conservation Namibia founders Naude and Katja Dreyer and their team work to unsnarl the marine plastics-pollution crisis—one…
The Medium Doesn’t Matter
The fine art, creative hustle, and innumerable influences of light-and-space installationist Robert Irwin.
What Do You Think of Bobby Martinez Now?
On the record with one of surfing’s most candid voices and unforgettable talents.
Nothing More. Nothing Less.
The traditional approaches of Seitaro Nakamura.
Where Seabirds Soar
From the garage to the genre-bending, Ty Segall’s noise is singular and relentless.
Portfolio: John Barton
A dash of White Lotus, a pinch of black mamba, and one heaping scoop of the moody tropics with photographer Johnny Jungle.
Blue Antidote
Two intertwined surf lives marked by trauma—and the ocean as tonic.
On the Rocks at Point Panic
Perfect scores and an ambulance ride at Town’s premier bodysurfing wave.
A Kindred Spirit
Remembering Walter Hoffman, 1931–2024.
An Activator of Creative Dreams
How Duke Boyd (1934–2020) revolutionized the surf industry.
