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Trimmings of midcentury Malibu and beyond from the archive of John E.O. Larronde.

By Alex Wilson

Volume 35 Issue 1 (2026)

28.3
Manmade/Homemade

Lloyd Kahn’s arc, from the balsa surf era,…

By Steve Pezman
28.2
The Future’s Unridden

At Home with Hayden Cox.

By Luke Kennedy
10.3
Crouching Tiger, Smoking Dragon

The Tao of Tow: Clashing Ethics and Aeshetics of…

By Ben Marcus
10.2
The Etymology of Surfing in the Maldives

Tony Hussein Hinde and Mark Scanlon's True Story…

By Shawn Shamlou

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Volume 35 Issue 1

In this issue

We page through John Lorronde’s photo albums documenting California waterfront culture dating back to the 1930s, then hang with Venturan zeitgeister Dane Reynolds and his acolytes, before cracking eggs with Skip Frye, Devon Howard, Marc Andreini, and other devotees to the design. We also get deep into the form and void of the tube, tool around the Dominican Republic, view the work of a Tasmanian abstractionist, and more.

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