Down in a Southern State

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Sterling Spencer’s turn from professional surfer to surfing satirist.

By Michael Adno

Volume 29 Issue 4 (2020)

25.3
Where Silence Reigns

Acoustic ecologist Gordon Hempton is on a mission…

By Gavin Ehringer
32.2
Just Before Departure

Four waves, a signature session, and Andy Irons’…

By Pat Stacy
32.1
Refined Velocity

The eye of a surfer, the mind of an engineer, and…

By Michael Gross
31.4
Solving For X

Empty perfection is out there. But in the Bering…

By Mark McInnis

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Volume 29 Issue 4

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On the cover: Mikey February reminds us that good style is predicated on not thinking about style. Photo by Nick Green. Inside the issue, we hit check-points from Alaska to the Azores, take a close visual study of Tom Servais’ last decade of high-profile surf shooting, and pay our culture collection fee to the modern skimboard scene. Profiles of surfing satirist Sterling Spencer and shortboard-revolution performance pusher Sharron Weber lend human interest touches, while Nate Tyler’s hand-built home in Central California and surfboards recycled as signage on the North Shore are explorations in atypical craftsmanship.

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