23.5

San O’Tableau 1937

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 Poullenot

Damien 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 Focus

From 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 Nest

The 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 Cesta

Author 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 Slaps

Watercolorist 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 Ben

Start 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 Nauset

Cape 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…

23.3

Directional Shift

Generally the province of sponsored young globetrotters, the Mentawais boat trip/photo shoot has become shorthand for surf corpo extravagance. Hitting a peak in the early…

23.3

Redacted

“After a brief conversation, Ivan Trent was invited to participate in the selection process—a SEAL’s equivalent of an invite to the Eddie Aikau contest at…

23.3

Backyard Compositions

Cigars! Clubs! Marching powder! Jeb Bush! Endangered German tourists! Reality porn! Who doesn’t have a soft spot for flamingo-dripping, rope chain-swinging Miami? Well, the author,…