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Ron Perrott was instrumental in documenting 1960s surf culture—in both Australia and places beyond. Then he disappeared.

By Andrew Crockett

Volume 30 Issue 5 (2021)

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Some Minor Windfalls

Mid-1960s moments from John Pennings

By Andrew Crockett
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THE PUZZLE OF MIDGET

A homage to Australian's surfing legacy, Bernard…

By Phil Jarratt
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The Navigator

Interisland and panoceanic explorations with Nick…

By Chris Cook
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American Classicist: Tom Adler

T. Adler Books is to surf publishing as Armstrong…

By Scott Hulet

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On the cover: Nathan Fletcher takes a no-frills, only-pop-matters approach above the horizon line at Pipeline’s end. Photo by Dave Nelson. Inside, you’ll explore the surprising wave resources of an overlooked Caribbean island, chase right-hand points up the East Coast of South Africa, and study once-thought-lost photographs of Sydney’s burgeoning 1960s surf scene. Trace the surfing germ of a French playboy and socialite, and be schooled on the contributions of a contemporary big-wave pioneer. And for those seeking wider-breadth of the topic, check the seascape paintings of a nineteenth-century Swede, and hang in the yard with a modern California surf-boat builder. It’s a range found nowhere else in surfing.

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