23.5 Batik With Chili Pepper CrabWalter Hoffman was in early at Malibu and then went farther afield to sample big surf in Makaha and along the North Shore. His efforts…
23.5 Tierra De PatagonesChilean surf gauchos Julian and Joaquin Azulay left Buenos Aires in a truck loaded with camping gear on a mission to scout an underexplored island…
23.5 Foam Ball Satori“That's the key to the whole getting robbed thing, just give ‘em your stuff. Like when I got stabbed here, I had a hut right…
23.4 Portfolio: Damien PoullenotDamien Poullenot is a French photographer from the forested hamlet of Hossegor on the Cote d’Argent. With compatriot Laurent Masurel, Damien runs a thriving photo…
23.4 Racking FocusFrom the pocket coves of Laguna Beach to the Forgotten Island of Santosha, Spyder Wills has injected his arcane reference points and technical virtuosity with…
23.4 Straight Back To The Cuckoo’S NestThe author, on his equipment selection for 8-10’ tropical reef passes: “The surfboard, if you could call it that, was incapable of going anywhere but…
23.4 Arc Of A CestaAuthor Greg Tindall on Pete Mendia: “Despite having a full array of maneuvers, Pete Mendia's signature move as a time-tested photo-pro has become the cutback,…
23.4 Giving SlapsWatercolorist Ron Croci has been around the block. As an artist, he’s a hell of a storyteller. His decades of scene watching, creedler monitoring, and…
23.4 God And BenStart surfing late: say, in your twenties. Throw s-turns on 40-pound tankers. Teach yourself to shape. Invent the swallowtail. Invent the Sting. Build prototypes for…
23.4 The Land Of The NausetCape Cod is freighted with dreams, aspirations and history. A charismatic bit of geography, the hook-shaped peninsula is lauded by artists for its resonant “Cape…