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On the cover: West Oz hydrodynamics. Other liquid inquires in this issue include Butch Van Artsdalen’s capers on Oahu during the 60s, Scum Valley legend Ant Corrigan’s impact on progressive surfing during the 70s, Maurice Cole and Tom Curren’s reverse vee project in France during the 90s, plus contemporary notes from the Chatham Islands, a gallery from the northlands of America and Europe, and an examination of how one board served as a window into modern surf culture.

Features

[sj_background_image title=”Portfolio: Mark McInnis” byline=”by Michael Kew” page=”PAGE 100″ teaser_text=”The%20microcosms%20of%20a%20gelid-eyed%20lensman.” background_image=”313827″ text_color=”text-dark” text_position=”text-top” credits_color=”white”]

[sj_quote title=”Mark McInnis” quote=”The%20older%20I%20get%20and%20the%20longer%20I%20stay%20in%20places%20like%20this%2C%20the%20more%20I%20realize%20their%20potential%20for%20photography.%20In%20the%20past%2C%20I%E2%80%99d%20never%20think%20about%20it.%20This%20is%20where%20I%20grew%20up.%20Back%20then%2C%20we%E2%80%99d%20just%20hang%20out%E2%80%94shoot%20guns%2C%20snowboard%2C%20ride%20motorcycles%2C%20fish%2C%20whatever.%20Today%2C%20I%20appreciate%20it%20100%20percent.” remove_space=”remove-above”]

[sj_background_image title=”Some Minor Windfalls” byline=”by Andrew Crockett” page=”PAGE 34″ teaser_text=”Mid-60s%20snaps%20from%20the%20Lucky%20Country%2C%20courtesy%20of%20John%20Pennings.” background_image=”313821″ text_color=”text-dark” text_position=”text-top” credits_color=”black”]

[sj_full_text_below title=”The Reverse Vee Project” byline=”by Nick Carroll” page=”PAGE 24″ teaser_text=”Tom%20Curren%2C%20Maurice%20Cole%2C%20%E2%80%9Cthe%20turn%2C%E2%80%9D%20and%20other%20outtakes%20from%20a%20happy%20design%20accident.” image=”313820″ credits_color=”white”]

[sj_quote title=”Nick Carroll” quote=”People%20think%20hindsight%20brings%20wisdom%20but%20it%20also%20obscures%20our%20ability%20to%20understand%20how%20things%20actually%20happen.%20A%20board%20like%20the%207’8%22%20pintail%20that%20Maurice%20Cole%20shaped%20for%20Tom%20Curren%20in%20late%201991%20looks%20like%20the%20predictable%20outcome%20of%20an%20inevitable%20collaboration.%20Peel%20back%20the%20years%2C%20though%2C%20and%20something%20quite%20different%20emerges.” remove_space=”remove-above”]

[sj_background_image title=”Not Surfing In The Chatham Islands” byline=”by Jamie Brisick” page=”PAGE 80″ teaser_text=”%E2%80%9CBefore%20the%20word%20surf%20has%20left%20your%20mouth%20the%20word%20shark%20is%20already%20forming%20on%20the%20local%E2%80%99s%20lips.%E2%80%9D%20″ background_image=”313825″ text_color=”text-light” text_position=”text-bottom” credits_color=”white”]

[sj_full_text_below title=”The Man From Scum Valley” byline=”by Peter Maguire” page=”PAGE 60″ teaser_text=”Bondi%20legend%20Ant%20Corrigan%20might%20have%20been%20the%20greatest%20surfer%20of%20his%20generation.” image=”313823″ credits_color=”black”]

[sj_full_text_below title=”Spirit of the Green Dragon” byline=”by Richard Kenvin” page=”PAGE 48″ teaser_text=”Ceramicist%20Joe%20Skoby%20and%20the%20ghosts%20of%20La%20Jolla%E2%80%99s%20arts%20colonies.” image=”313822″ credits_color=”white”]

[sj_quote title=”Joe Skoby” quote=”You%E2%80%99re%20taking%20this%20lump%20of%20clay%20and%20it%E2%80%99s%20spinning%20and%20moving%20and%20you%20need%20to%20control%20that%20spin%20and%20movement%2C%20and%20its%20all%20about%20curves%2C%20like%20bottom%20turns%20and%20top%20turns.%20The%20clay%20is%20wet%2C%20and%20you%20have%20a%20time%20limit%2C%20a%20beginning%20and%20an%20end%2C%20so%20in%20a%20way%20it%E2%80%99s%20kind%20of%20like%20riding%20a%20wave.” remove_space=”remove-above”]

[sj_background_image title=”At Home With Daniel Jones” byline=”by Matt Rott” page=”PAGE 70″ teaser_text=”A%20hub%20for%20hell%20men%2C%20shapers%2C%20and%20legends%20on%20the%20North%20Shore.” background_image=”313824″ text_color=”text-light” text_position=”text-top” credits_color=”black”]

[sj_background_image title=”Primo” byline=”by Douglas Cavanaugh” page=”PAGE 90″ teaser_text=”Butch%20Van%20Artsdalen%E2%80%99s%20Hawaiian%20campaigns.” background_image=”313826″ text_color=”text-dark” text_position=”text-top” credits_color=”white”]

[sj_background_image title=”The Gift” byline=”by Kyle DeNuccio” page=”PAGE 18″ teaser_text=”Self-imposed%20isolation%2C%20transactional%20wave%20riding%2C%20and%20how%20one%20surfboard%20served%20as%20a%20window%20into%20modern%20surf%20culture.” background_image=”313817″ text_color=”text-light” text_position=”text-bottom” credits_color=”white”]