Make It Look Easy

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Chris Miller on the balance of style and progression, skateboarding and surfing’s influence on each other, the need for creativity in the industry, and more.

By Elliott Wright

Volume 35 Issue 1 (2026)

35.5
Cool Culture

Chris Carter, the former Surfing magazine editor…

By Travis Ferré
35.4
Long-Arc Mindset

Portfolio: Shane Grace

By Beau Flemister
35.4
Riding the Crash

Santa Cruz’s surf-skate industrialist Rich Novak.

By Christian Beamish
35.4
Keeper of the Arc

Taylor Knox breaks down his Mount Rushmore of…

By Kyle DeNuccio

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We page through John Lorronde’s photo albums documenting California waterfront culture dating back to the 1930s, then hang with Venturan zeitgeister Dane Reynolds and his acolytes, before cracking eggs with Skip Frye, Devon Howard, Marc Andreini, and other devotees to the design. We also get deep into the form and void of the tube, tool around the Dominican Republic, view the work of a Tasmanian abstractionist, and more.

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