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On the cover: Tyler Thornsley, traversing the thin line between disaster and delight at Wedge. Features inside the book chart the mirrored perfection of twin African points, dissect the foundational surfing of Oxnard’s Russ Short, and enjoin a string of clip hunts across Iceland, Mexico, and the Maldives with the likes of Steph Gilmore and Ryan Burch. Digital disruptions on the Victorian Coast of Oz, high-resolution slide film on Oahu’s North Shore, and the “death of print” in the surf media are variously discussed.

Features

[sj_full_text_below title=”THE INFLUENCER” byline=”By Kevin O’Sullivan” page=”Page 22″ teaser_text=”In%20the%201970s%2C%20Oxnard%E2%80%99s%20Russ%20Short%20laid%20the%20roots%20for%20a%20new%20era%20of%20California%20style%20and%20performance.%20Then%20he%20was%20lost%20to%20history.” image=”434704″ text_overlay=”“Short was a member of a band of outsiders. He soon shone as the brightest, the most talented, and the most soulful adept in the Bonzer cult. Nevertheless, he somehow seemed to slip through the pages, into obscurity.”” overlay_color=”white” credits_text=”Photo by Craig Fineman” credits_color=”white” /]

[sj_full_text_below title=”COASTAL SURVEY” byline=”By Mario Hainzl” page=”Page 34″ teaser_text=”Voices%20and%20faces%20from%20the%20surf%20frontiers%20of%20Africa%2C%20from%20Morocco%20to%20Senegal.” image=”434705″ credits_text=”Photo by Andreas Jaritz” credits_color=”white” /]

[sj_full_text_below title=”“LET’S DO IT!”” byline=”By Nick Carroll” page=”Page 48″ teaser_text=”The%20life%20and%20death%20of%20%3Cem%3ESurfing%3C%2Fem%3E%20magazine.%20″ image=”434706″ overlay_color=”white” credits_text=”Art by Mike Salisbury” credits_color=”white” /]

[sj_full_text_below title=”GET CLIP” byline=”By Jamie Brisick” page=”Page 58″ teaser_text=”Stacking%20footage%20in%20Iceland%2C%20Mexico%2C%20and%20the%20Maldives%20with%20Ryan%20Burch%2C%20Creed%20McTaggart%2C%20Steph%20Gilmore%2C%20and%20the%20rest%20of%20the%20cast%20of%20%3Cem%3ESelf-Discovery%20for%20Social%20Survival%3C%2Fem%3E.%20″ image=”434707″ credits_text=”Photo by Chris Gentile” credits_color=”white” /]

[sj_full_text_below title=”SEA MEMORY” byline=”By Alex Weinstein” page=”Page 66″ teaser_text=”Fine%20artist%20Mary%20Heilmann.” image=”434710″ credits_text=”Photo by Philip Mauro” credits_color=”white” /]

[sj_full_text_below title=”THE AFRICAN COINFLIP” byline=”By Will Bendix” page=”Page 74″ teaser_text=”Mirroring%20points%20in%20Namibia%20and%20Mozambique%20lure%20African%20surfers.%20Heads%20you%20bake%2C%20tails%20you%20freeze.” image=”434714″ overlay_color=”white” credits_text=”Photo by Alan Van Gysen” credits_color=”white” /]

[sj_full_text_below title=”CALL ME AT THE CRACK OF NOON” byline=”By Beau Flemister” page=”Page 84″ teaser_text=”North%20Shore%20photographer%20Shirley%20Rogers%20stands%20alone.” image=”434715″ overlay_color=”white” credits_text=”Photo by Lance Trout” credits_color=”white” /]

[sj_full_text_below title=”PORTFOLIO: ED SLOANE” byline=”By Steve Shearer” page=”Page 98″ teaser_text=”A%20young%20shooter%20from%20Australia%E2%80%99s%20Victorian%20Coast%20in%20the%20time%20of%20Instagram” image=”434716″ text_overlay=”“I think about digital disruption all the time. I started shooting in 2009 so this is all I know. You get exposed to so many disposable images on social media. But there will always be a home for classic images.”” overlay_color=”white” credits_text=”Photo by Ed Sloane” credits_color=”white” /]