Solving For X

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Empty perfection is out there. But in the Bering Sea, the higher the branch, the greater the wind.

By Mark McInnis • Photography by Mark McInnis

Volume 31 Issue 4 (2022)

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On the cover: Simon Murdoch, making every use of his residential knowledge and hanging on by the tip of his single-fin against the sundowner winds, somewhere in the 805. Photo by Trent Stevens. Other drop-ins include the peer study of a shaper’s half century in the game, the surf holdings of an island in the Bering Sea, and channel bottom masters showing proof of work. Cultural check-ins include the contemporary surf scene of a once-romanticized Mexican beach town, an in-depth look at a Southern California landscape in 1950, a folk-rockstar’s Atlantic-set island redoubt, and more.

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