Black Sheep DNA

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Shane Beschen spent his professional surfing career raging against complacency. Today, he finds plenty left on tap through a blend of family and business ventures.

By Beau Flemister

Volume 30 Issue 3 (2021)

35.4
Long-Arc Mindset

Portfolio: Shane Grace

By Beau Flemister
35.4
Keeper of the Arc

Taylor Knox breaks down his Mount Rushmore of…

By Kyle DeNuccio
35.4
Cutting Room: Shane Grace

Five extra frames from the TSJ 35.4 Portfolio…

By Shane Grace
35.2
Wake in Flight

Wade Goodall on aerial progression, Ozploitation…

By NE Kachel

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Volume 30 Issue 3

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On the cover: Kainehe Hunt finds room to stretch amid the backwash chaos on an otherwise picture-postcard afternoon in Hawaii. Photo by Mike Coots. The issue’s inner workings offer a far-and-wide trip in era, avenue, and geography: Smugglers laying down the original tracks at a famed Indonesian reef pass. The Southern California showdown between a sitting US President and a surf culture-maker. A written portrait of one of the world tour’s all-time leading proponents of surf progression. Modern exploration in a harsh, boom-or-bust European sea. High-action photography from one of the world’s most wave-rich regions. 30.3 is fully composed from end to end.

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