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A reader-supported surf publication founded in 1992, The Surfer’s Journal is vivid, authoritative, and independent. The goal of each 132-page bimonthly edition? A completely resolved composition. Balance. Color. Story. And purist surf energy from Page One to close-of-book.

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Hard-torqued and nasty as hell. Beautiful yet obscene. Fin-crushing and licentious. Not safe for work, television, or new-jacks. Derek Hynd articulates the qualities of a timeless and underappreciated variation of the bottom turn.