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South Shore ripper turned pro angler Matty Wong on the parallels between surfing and fishing, the never-ending hustle, and more.

By Whitman Bedwell

Volume 35 Issue 3 (2026)

35.5
Cool Culture

Chris Carter, the former Surfing magazine editor…

By Travis Ferré
35.4
The Fantastic Displacements of Perfection

Exploring the irregular literatures and sawtooth…

By Dodge Weirath
35.4
Anything’s Possible

Emboldened by raw talent and progressive…

By Dan Merkel
35.4
Four Days in Hibernia

A transatlantic gamble in Ireland.

By Grant Ellis

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Volume 35 Issue 3

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On the cover: Eithan Osborne, apex phase, Indonesia. “He had a career session that day,” says photographer Duncan Macfarlane. we view the stills of a revered auteur, report from the Baltic Sea, camp in South Africa, and study the open-ocean exploits and innovations of a Garden Isle surfer/navigator. We also follow the unadulterated tracks of an Australian modern classicist, examine the compulsive need for waves, hook big bass in Middle America with a Hawaiian shredder, and more.

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