The Surfers Journal
“As far as true folklore is concerned, I can hardly think of any story that is as important or influential to youth in the late 20th century as that of the Dogtown skateboarders.” Glen E. Friedman In a lonely fish camp clinging to a desolate headland in Baja California, a wiry man with scrappy dreadlocks […]
Walking into Café Surfinista in Cocoa Beach, Florida, feels like sliding into the brain of a slightly tripped-out Reno Abellira, circa 1971. A pastiche of cork, porcelain, sea glass, brick, and pecky cypress lays backdrop to expressionist paintings, classic surfboards, midcentury-modern couches, and vintage posters for Rainbow Bridge and Morning of the Earth. An old […]
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Lance Conragen, one time captain of a sportsfishing charter boat and keen surfer recounts the biggest day he’s experienced at Half Moon Bay.
A Night at the Cantina is an historical account of the discovery, development and devolution of a surfer’s paradise, the Pavones region in Costa Rica. This chance discovery of a mile-long left point wave the absence of which this intriguing story with its myriad characters and events would not be told. Allan Weisbecker’s story, a chronological narrative of defining moments and key characters along with his stream-of-consciousness immersion into a night at the Cantina on his Big Five-O, is a story great novels and screenplays are derived from.
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Highlights: Travel: “Over Every Next Ridge” by Mathew Katz; Lore: “The House on Butterfly Lane” by Denny Aaberg; “Riding High” by Pete Cabrinha; “Gene Pool” by Carl Ekstrom; Profile: “Peanuts” by Craig Lockwood; Profile: “The Life and Work of Richard Brewer” by Drew Kampion; Travel: “Beyond Tavarua” by Warren Bolster; “The Importance of Being Joel” by Chris Ahrens; “Victoria—Places in the Mind” by Andrew Kidman; Excerpt: “El Rancho de Chicho” by Allan Weisbecker; “Kemp Aaberg: Grace and Charm and Art and Beauty” by Russ Spencer; Portfolio: “Rob Keith Cherry Picks”; “Exploring in a Typhoon Sea” Philippines by Derek Ferrar, John Callahan, and Tor Johnson; “Memories of Peta” by Gerald Saunders; “Bob Cooper: Further Down the Line” by Mike Perry; “Mind Out of Time: Vintage 1974” by Drew Kampion; Portfolios: Scott Aichner, j. brother, Patrick Trefz.
Counterpoint, Maverick’s by Lawrence Beck, Gallery: Patrick Tobin, Lorrin’s Barn by C.R. Stecyk III, Ovals and Diamonds Are Forever by Brian Gillogly,Portfolio: Warren Bolster, Live Coverage by Ron Romanosky, Cheap Thrillsby Gerry Lopez, Odyssey – Profile: Wayne “Rabbit” Bartholomew by Matt Warshaw
Foolish Point, by Patrick Moser, Portfolio: Walter Iooss words by Russell Drumm, Mana Overboard: “Surf Culture” at the Laguna Museum of Art photographs by Scott Hulet, Sightlines, From Now On Your Name is “Burrhead” by Craig Lockwood, Pasifika Vailima by Michael Kew, Martyn Worthington Surfboards From Wonderland by Andrew Kidman, Bahama Blues by Walter Coker, Mr. (Peter) Cole’s Wild Ride by Tim Baker.
Branding the Leper by Fred Pawle, The Surfer’s Gaze by Dan Duane, Photos by Patrick Cariou, Beyond G-Land by Gerry Lopez, Climb to Surf by Chris Hubbard, Pacific System: Birth of the Surfboard by Craig Stecyk, Local Boy by Kimo Hollinger, Doggie Bag: photography, Twilight In the Impact Zone by Dana Brown, Sharing the Fire: Ron Dahlquist portfolio, Surf Drunk: Wally Froiseth by Malcolm-Gault Williams, Not a Sound: Western Australia by Paul Kemnitzer.
“Santosha” by Sam George, “Memories of Petacalco” by Gerald Saunders,“Road Notes, Version Eight” by C.R. Stecyk III, “Body Chemistry” , “Brief Encounter”, by Bill Wise, “Bob Cooper: Further Down the Line” by Mike Perry, “Ken Auster’s Urban Surfin'”, “Mind Out of Time: Vintage 1974” by Drew Kampion, “Eyes” by Scott Aichner, J. Brother, Patrick Trefz.
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