Know When to Jump

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93-year-old Billy Meng on living underneath the Manhattan Beach pier, surfing California’s prime spots by himself, coded surf reports, and more.

By Peter Maguire and Jennifer Harden

Volume 32 Issue 3 (2023)

35.5
On Style

Jordan Rodin and maybe the most progressive…
35.4
Thunderkind

A study of James Kusitino’s preternatural lines…

By James Kusitino
34.6
You Must Be This Tall to Ride

Reading the room and climbing the pecking order…

By Beau Flemister
34.6
The Word is an Image

David Carson’s rebellion by design.

By Kyle DeNuccio

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Volume 32 Issue 3

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On the Cover: For Frederick Wardy, surfboard building was art and art was an extension of craftsmanship. Prime sample, 1965. Photograph courtesy of Frederick Wardy. Beyond the flaps, we track Wardy’s transition from shaper to fine artist, the bountiful score of a four-deep Aussie crew, and the impetus of a Central Californian slab hunter and land steward. We also tap into the wisdom of a 93-year-old surfer and hop continents with an enthusiastic surf progeny. Other stops along the way include the sea smoke-filled frames of a New England-based shooter, traffic-snarling art, and one writer’s search for the caretakers of aloha in modern-day Waikiki.

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