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The high-skill, fine-line tattoos of surfer and draftsman Ben Grillo.

By Whitman Bedwell

Volume 28 Issue 5 (2019)

34.6
The Word is an Image

David Carson’s rebellion by design.

By Kyle DeNuccio
31.6
Borderlands

Migration patterns, death winds, and exodus along…

By Paul Evans
30.3
From That First Wave

Artist DJ Javier infuses the surf with the street.

By Ethan Stewart
28.6
Wild Times

On the road with El Gordo, the Silver Fox, and…

By Sebastian Kevany

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Volume 28 Issue 5

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We explore the North Shore’s culture of youthful goading in heavy surf, dodge gun-toting property owners in search for slabs in New England, and relay the foreign scams and scandals of Nat Young and Miki Dora. Profiles of twin-fin artist Torren Martyn, tattooer Ben Grillo, and cross-stepper Josie Prendergast add a touch of the personal.

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