Current Issue:

34.6

In this issue, we pay homage to the Hawaiian winter with modern and traditional studies of Sunset, Pipeline, and Honolua Bay. We also examine the moodboard of a culture-shifting multihyphenate, and assess an award-winning designer’s endemic and mainstream influence. Along the Pacific Rim, we jump in the water with an experienced Canadian shooter, ranch with the stewards of a pristine stretch of California coast, and grovel with a subterranean pack rat in San Diego. Drop in and take the 34.6 ride. 

Features

Page 16

ALL THE TIME I HAD

Spinning lies and cheating the clock for frigid point surf.

Words by Jules Sabourin | Illustration by Olga Prader

Page 24

INTERVIEW: THE DIRECTOR OF NOCTURNAL ACTIVITIE

Matt Hoy on the industry apocalypse, working as a concreter, aging as a surfer, and more.

By Derek Rielly | Illustration by Ben Brown

Page 32

AESTHETICS: ANDREW KIDMAN

The cerebral and whimsical visual checkpoints of a New South Wales original.

Introduction by Jamie Brisick | Photo by Zack Balang

Page 46

BLUEFIELDS

In Hawaii, surfing’s cartographic and cultural core, a countless number of sessions go down each year. Here are a few high points and perspectives from three iconic spots.

Photo by Christa Funk

Page 50

MIDCENTURY MODERN

A single-fin inspired by 1960s Sunset shows where uncrowded sessions on the North Shore are still hiding in plain sight.

By Harrison Roach | Photo by Shane Grace

Page 56

YOU MUST BE THIS TALL TO RIDE

Reading the room and earning one’s place at modern Pipeline.

By Beau Flemister | Photo by Shane Grace

Page 68

FRAMES OF MIND

The thrill of the Wiki Wiki swell run to Honolua Bay with Cliff Kapono.

As told and photographed by John Hook

Page 74

THE WORD IS AN IMAGE

David Carson’s rebellion by design.

By Kyle DeNuccio | Photo by Denis Delastrac/courtesy of David Carson

Page 90

THE CAPTAIN OF ORELLA

Navigating seven generations of permaculture on the Gaviota Coast with Guner Tautrim.

By Jeff B. Johnson | Photo by Jeff B. Johnson

Page 100

PORTFOLIO: MARCUS PALADINO

Bushwhacking for angles and mental clarity with the Tofino-based shooter.

Introduction by Mikey Nixon

Page 118

GENUS NEOTOMA

Excavating the midden of Mikey Whaley’s Pack Ratt Records & Junk.

By Ben Waldron | Photo by Peter Taras

Page 128

UNDERCURRENTS

Theoretical inventions to clear a lineup, a dispatch from Ecuador, collectible ukuleles, and Butch Van Artsdalen’s quantum leap at Pipeline.

Photo by Christa Funk

Purist surf energy from Page One to close-of-book, delivered directly to your door.

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