From Hope to Hype

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Modern surf forecasting has replaced bootless cries to deaf heaven. But has accuracy made surfing better?

By Brad Melekian

Volume 27 Issue 6 (2018)

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On Style

Jordan Rodin and maybe the most progressive…
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The Fantastic Displacements of Perfection

Exploring the irregular literatures and sawtooth…

By Dodge Weirath
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The Time We Carry

Meditating on a fickle Pacific Northwest beach…

By Michael Kew
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Riding the Crash

Santa Cruz’s surf-skate industrialist Rich Novak.

By Christian Beamish

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Volume 27 Issue 6

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Features shed light on a rivermouth sandbank in equatorial Africa, the swamps and inlets of Florida, and a foundational headland on the East Coast of Australia. The pitfalls of modern surf forecasting, the mind-space of a slab-hunting fireman, and the irreverent outputs of artist Paul McNeil mark other points of conference.

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