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An American master leveraged the surf to help change the course of art history.

By Bolton Colburn

Volume 29 Issue 6 (2020)

35.4
The Fantastic Displacements of Perfection

Exploring the irregular literatures and sawtooth…

By Dodge Weirath
35.3
The Ride

Short fiction from 1967.

By John Milius
35.2
Wake in Flight

Wade Goodall on aerial progression, Ozploitation…

By NE Kachel
35.2
In the Cold, Cold Sea

Frigid slabs, salmon farms, and nature as…

By Jamie Brisick

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Volume 29 Issue 6

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On the cover: Tommy Dalton breathes through his nose and keeps his mouth shut in the rural heartland of New Zealand. Photo by Logan Murray. TSJ 29.6 nearly breaks the odometer, jumping from an unlikely shaping bay in the Californian desert to trespassing for empty lineups in the Antipodes to checking the reemerging balsa scene among locals in Papua New Guinea. A look back at the surf lineage of a mile-long stretch of San Diego beach and a profile of the multi-craft expert Kai Lenny provide written doses of subcultural tradition and pure evolution. Visually, the issue’s showcases on fine artist Milton Avery’s abstract seascapes and photographer Will Adler’s atmospheric captures serve as reminders that the ocean, and riding waves, ultimately boils down to feeling it.

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