SONS OF TORRANCE

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As the surf industry was birthing itself in and around the South Bay in the early to mid 1960s, Torrance Beach morphed from sleepy beach town to hot bed of talent

By Alan Rich

Volume 21 Issue 3 (2012)

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The Fantastic Displacements of Perfection

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By Dodge Weirath
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Grueler

Codes of conduct, depravity, and the narcissism…

By Peter Maguire
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Riding the Crash

Santa Cruz’s surf-skate industrialist Rich Novak.

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South Shore ripper turned pro angler Matty Wong…

By Whitman Bedwell

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This issue starts with Laird Hamilton’s ode to Gerry Lopez, the twisted history of the kook cord, and a “Spin the Globe” that is best described as “frozen whale DNA.” Then, the lights are turned on for a night session at Ours, Nat Young remembers Magic Sam, and Logan Murray delves into the dilemmas facing a surf traveler in New Zealand.

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