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On the cover: From a deep surfing family to just…deep, Mikala Jones self-documents the inner recesses of an Indonesian cavern. Additional explorations in the book trace performance surfing into the prehistoric era, investigate the fast life and sudden death of New York surfer/hustler Rick Rasmussen, and range from the Chocolate Islands of São Tomé to the glacial estuaries of Iceland.

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[sj_full_text_below title=”GOING LALA” byline=”by Dave Parmenter” page=”PAGE 22″ teaser_text=”Did%20some%20Hawaiian%20gremmie%20stomp-stall%20his%20%3Cem%3Ealaia%3C%2Fem%3E%20in%20say%2C%20800%20A.D.%20at%20a%20river%20mouth%20suck-bank%3F%20The%20dawn%20of%20performance%20surfing%20may%20be%20older%20than%20you%20think.%0A” image=”377236″ text_overlay=”Who can say when riding sideways on an unbroken wave face began? Even on shorter bellyboard-style surfboards, used at the base of the Polynesian Triangle, it seems unlikely that surfers wouldn’t have flirted with going lala.” overlay_color=”white” credits_text=”Photo by Brent Bielmann/A-Frame” credits_color=”white”/]

[sj_full_text_below title=”GLACIAL RELATIONSHIPS” byline=”by Grayson Schaffer” page=”PAGE 34″ teaser_text=”High%20above%20the%20Iceland%E2%80%99s%20longest%20river%2C%20photographer%20Chris%20Burkard%20tracks%20sandbar%20waves%20to%20their%20glacial%20headwaters.” image=”377235″ overlay_color=”white” credits_text=”Photo by Chris Burkard” credits_color=”white”/]

[sj_full_text_below title=”SOUNDINGS: ROCKER” byline=”by Christian Beamish” page=”PAGE 46″ teaser_text=”Six%20shapers.%20One%20design%20element.%20Parsing%20the%20most%20elusive%20characteristic%20of%20surfboard%20design.” image=”377237″ overlay_color=”white” credits_text=”Photo by Jeff Divine” credits_color=”white”/]

[sj_full_text_below title=”THE LOVER’S GUIDE TO SURF CINEMA” byline=”by Chas Smith” page=”PAGE 58″ teaser_text=”Joe%20Guglielmino%20(most%20commonly%20referred%20to%20as%20Joe%20G.%2C%20or%20Joseph%20G.%2C%20but%20never%20just%20Joe)%20is%20a%20surf%20filmmaker%20who%20occupies%20a%20very%20central%20position%20in%20surf%20film%E2%80%99s%20Valhalla.” image=”377242″ overlay_color=”white” credits_text=”Photo by D.J. Struntz” credits_color=”white”/]

[sj_full_text_below title=”THE CHOCOLATE ISLANDS” byline=”by Will Bendix” page=”PAGE 66″ teaser_text=”Located%20200%20miles%20from%20the%20mainland%20in%20the%20Gulf%20of%20Guinea%2C%20S%C3%A3o%20Tom%C3%A9%20has%20a%20homegrown%20wave-riding%20culture%20fostered%20by%20its%20locals%2C%20both%20past%20and%20present.” image=”377240″ text_overlay=”“We had heard about São Tomé’s surf scene and expected to find these local surfers. We had not expected to find them busting airs.”” overlay_color=”white” credits_text=”Photo by Greg Ewing” credits_color=”white”/]

[sj_full_text_below title=”UNSAFE AT ANY SPEED” byline=”by Mariah Ernst” page=”PAGE 76″ teaser_text=”New%20York%20surf%20legend%20Rick%20Rasmussen%20was%20one%20of%20the%20best%20surfers%20of%20his%20generation.%20A%20U.S.%20Champion%20by%20the%20age%20of%2019%2C%20he%20was%20dead%20by%2027%2C%20shot%20in%20a%20drug%20deal%20gone%20wrong%20in%20Harlem.” image=”377234″ overlay_color=”white” credits_text=”Photo by Jeff Divine” credits_color=”white”/]

[sj_full_text_below title=”GALLERY” byline=”by Derek Rielly” page=”PAGE 92″ teaser_text=”The%20distortionist%20design%20work%20of%20Jonathan%20Zawada.” image=”377241″ overlay_color=”black” credits_text=”Art by Jonathan Zawada” credits_color=”white”/]

[sj_full_text_below title=”PORTFOLIO: WARMING IN THE HORSEBOX” byline=”by Alex Dick-Read” page=”PAGE 98″ teaser_text=”Surveying%20the%20files%20of%20British-Isles-based%20photographer%20Al%20Mackinnon.” image=”377238″ text_overlay=”“I can’t say much except to mention that I’ve done several trips to this location and, on most occasions, my friends and I were the only surfers in the area.”” overlay_color=”white” credits_text=”Photo by Al Mackinnon” credits_color=”white”/]