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On the cover: Waveform, Oaxaca, Mexico. Inside pages range from the diamond- and surf-rich coastlines of Africa to an atoll in the Indian Ocean. Tintypes from photographer Bernard Testemale, time-bending imagery from Jay Mark Johnson, and the back-alley noir and shorefront vibrancy of Town lend lights and darks.

Features

[sj_full_text_below title=”Get Busy Living” byline=”by Jamie Brisick” page=”PAGE 72″ teaser_text=”The%20ballad%20and%20balls%20of%20Shane%20Dorian.” image=”263249″ credits_color=”white”]

[sj_quote title=”Shane Dorian” quote=”I%20really%20try%20and%20minimize%20my%20own%20risk%20by%20not%20chasing%20every%20swell%20and%20saying%20no%20to%20a%20lot%20of%20big%20swells.%20Unless%20something%20looks%20extra%20special%20I%20don%E2%80%99t%20even%20consider%20it.%20In%20my%20world%2C%20all%20you%E2%80%99ve%20got%20to%20do%20is%20catch%20one%20good%20wave%20per%20year%20and%20you%E2%80%99re%20good.” remove_space=”remove-above”]

[sj_background_image title=”Thoroughly Lived In” byline=”David Wong” page=”PAGE 18″ teaser_text=”A%20return%20in%20body%E2%80%94and%20mind%E2%80%94to%20the%20outposts%20of%20Waikiki.” background_image=”263245″ credits_color=”white”]

[sj_background_image title=”The Diamond Dogs” byline=”by Will Bendix” page=”PAGE 62″ teaser_text=”Simon%20James%20mines%20the%20South%20African%20northwest%20for%20precious%20stones%20(and%20perfect%20surf).” background_image=”263248″ credits_color=”white”]

[sj_full_text_below title=”When The Baseline Thumps” byline=”by Christian Beamish” page=”PAGE 50″ teaser_text=”Beyond%20the%20scrawl%20with%20surf%20designer%20Shawn%20St%C3%BCssy.” image=”263256″ credits_color=”white”]

[sj_full_text_below title=”Where Silence Reigns” byline=”by Gavin Ehringer” page=”PAGE 98″ teaser_text=”Acoustic%20ecologist%20Gordon%20Hempton%20is%20on%20a%20mission%20to%20protect%20one%20square%20inch%20of%20silence.” image=”263252″ credits_color=”white”]

[sj_quote title=”Gordon Hempton” quote=”In%20that%20grove%2C%20even%20though%20we%20are%20outdoors%2C%20it%20is%20as%20quiet%20as%20most%20recording%20studios.%20The%20measured%20decibel%20is%2027%2C%20which%20is%20the%20same%20measurement%20that%20I%20made%20in%20Benaroya%20Hall%20in%20Seattle%2C%20empty%20of%20performers.%20And%20that%E2%80%99s%20a%20110%20million%20dollar%20building%20built%20for%20the%20Seattle%20Symphony.%20This%20is%20the%20least%20noise%20polluted%20location%20of%20any%20place%20in%20the%20Lower%2048.” remove_space=”remove-above”]

[sj_full_text_below title=”Coffee With Darwin” byline=”by Michael Kew” page=”PAGE 92″ teaser_text=”An%20atoll%20assay%20in%20the%20Cocos-Keeling%20Islands.%20″ image=”263251″ credits_color=”white”]

[sj_full_text_below title=”The Big Wave Riders of Hawaii” page=”PAGE 110″ teaser_text=”Selections%20from%20Bernard%20Testemale%E2%80%99s%20collection%20of%20collodion%20wet%20plate%20photographs.%20″ image=”263253″ credits_color=”white”]

[sj_full_text_below title=”Spacetime” byline=”by John Durant” page=”PAGE 38″ teaser_text=”Photographer%20Jay%20Mark%20Johnson%20captures%20a%20wave%E2%80%99s%20lifespan%20in%20a%20single%20frame.” image=”263246″]