Satire, Dark Knights, Watercolor, and Freak Folk with David Carson

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Check out the acclaimed designer’s reference points.

By Kyle DeNuccio

Volume 34 Issue 6 (2025)

35.5
Cool Culture

Chris Carter, the former Surfing magazine editor…

By Travis Ferré
35.4
Inquire Within

Cruising, humming, whistling with the Central…
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

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Volume 34 Issue 6

In this issue

We pay homage to the Hawaiian winter with modern and traditional studies of Sunset, Pipeline, and Honolua Bay. We also examine the moodboard of a culture-shifting multihyphenate, and assess an award-winning designer’s endemic and mainstream influence. Along the Pacific Rim, we jump in the water with an experienced Canadian shooter, ranch with the stewards of a pristine stretch of California coast, and grovel with a subterranean pack rat in San Diego.