Obsessive Instincts

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Imagine a time before men curated their boot collections. Before twee explorations of “maker” culture. Before there were 172 blogs about hand-foiled fins.

By Jamie Brisick

Volume 23 Issue 3 (2014)

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The Fantastic Displacements of Perfection

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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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Captain Fun

The still photography of the late Sonny Miller.

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The Ride

Short fiction from 1967.

By John Milius

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Volume 23 Issue 3

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This issue features a profile of surfer-shaper Allan Byrne, a strike to Panama with Mick Fanning, a deep look at Rick Griffin’s Murphy character, a character study of Ivan Trent, and a boat trip through Indo with Tom Curren, Mark Occhilupo, and Gary Elkerton, plus more.

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