Beautiful Lives; Beautiful Deaths

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Mortal liminality at the crest of a breaking wave.

By Claire Salinda

Volume 34 Issue 1 (2025)

35.3
The Ride

Short fiction from 1967.

By John Milius
35.2
In the Cold, Cold Sea

Frigid slabs, salmon farms, and nature as…

By Jamie Brisick
35.1
Make It Look Easy

Chris Miller on the balance of style and…

By Elliott Wright
34.3
In the Malibu Parking Lot

A photo essay by Trace Marshall.

By Jamie Brisick

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Volume 34 Issue 1

In this issue

A shaper hellbent on fast cars and boards shares his checkered past, a three-time world champ sessions Kiwi slabs alone, two brothers brave hazards in Antarctica while searching for waves, a French photographer opens his golden-age-inspired file, and more.

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