Ripples of Distortion

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Andrew VanWyngarden on playing in MGMT, recurring apocalyptic dreams, the psychedelic experience, and waves—both oceanic and sonic.

By Kyle DeNuccio

Volume 33 Issue 4 (2024)

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On Style

The surf mat—plebeian on the surface but…

By Scott Hulet
35.4
Four Days in Hibernia

A transatlantic gamble in Ireland.

By Grant Ellis
35.4
Grueler

Codes of conduct, depravity, and the narcissism…

By Peter Maguire
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A Look Back at the Throw-Aheads

What I learned from my interview with Timothy…

By Steve Pezman

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Volume 33 Issue 4

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We pull into an understudied zone in South America, an outer-island hand-built home in Hawaii, and Paris’ 18th arrondissement—where an artist is hellbent on “transgressing surfing’s codes.” We also track a South African father and son’s experimental roots, study a Japanese artist’s interpretation of the human experience, and remember a late San Diego shaper’s indelible legacy.

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