27.1

Feature

Better Surfing Through Chemistry 

The rise, fall, and resonance of Surf Research.

27.1

Portfolio

Portfolio: Group Show

 

Portfolio

Cutting Room: Cover Peripherals

Variants and permutations of Trent Mitchell’s 27.1 cover shot.

 

Excerpt

Mise en Place

A surfing stray finds himself at work in Paris.

 

Film

A Moment of Reflection 2017

A tribute to the wave riders we lost this year.

 

Interview

Barton Lynch on Pro Surfing

“They sensed the lunatics were running the asylum and saw the power that we had.”

 

Film

Select Dates and Shapes of Dreams Come True

Watch Ryan Burch’s Ekstrom-inspired asym experimentations at G-land in a short film by Ryan Thomas.

 

Portfolio

Cutting Room: Cover Peripherals

Flagstone slabs and shattered fiberglass—a gallery of outtakes from Al Mackinnon’s 26.6 cover shoot in Scotland.

26.6

Essay

The Gunman on the Hill

The 1979 California Stubbies Pro vs. the Last Soul Surfer.

26.6

Interview

Interview: Barton Lynch

“Being a pro surfer is about your personal development. It’s not about your surfing.”

26.6

Feature

The Calves of Copper River

It’s been nearly a decade since Garrett McNamara and company attempted the most audacious project in surfdom. Writer Kimball Taylor was on site, and still…

26.6

Feature

In Unequal Measure

Tricking the eye with its apparently nature-defying curvature, the asymmetrical surfboard comes down to the pursuit of ultimate balance.