Editorial - The Surfers Journal

The Swell Czar

Surfline forecaster Charlie Hutcherson on the next frontier of predicting swells, web series Maps to Nowhere, and the pressure to put surfers on good waves.

12.3

Rushes: Viewing Life’s Dailies with Jack McCoy

A profile of the surf auteur by Jamie Brisick, originally published in 2003.

34.2

Follow the Line

Mid-face tracks and anthropological theory.

34.2

On Style

“Get on a single-fin. It’ll smooth you out.”

34.2

Utility Infielder

Pulitzer-nominated columnist Jay Caspian Kang speaks about social media’s effect on surfing, the value of chasing something unattainable, and more.

34.2

Space is the Place

High-orbit airs and galactic flash.

34.2

The Line Cutters

Along the points of the Skeleton Coast, Ocean Conservation Namibia founders Naude and Katja Dreyer and their team work to unsnarl the marine plastics-pollution crisis—one…

34.2

The Medium Doesn’t Matter

The fine art, creative hustle, and innumerable influences of light-and-space installationist Robert Irwin.

34.2

What Do You Think of Bobby Martinez Now?

On the record with one of surfing’s most candid voices and unforgettable talents.

34.2

Nothing More. Nothing Less.

The traditional approaches of Seitaro Nakamura.

34.2

Where Seabirds Soar

From the garage to the genre-bending, Ty Segall’s noise is singular and relentless.

34.2

Portfolio: John Barton

A dash of White Lotus, a pinch of black mamba, and one heaping scoop of the moody tropics with photographer Johnny Jungle.