THE BEST WAY TO CHEW QAT

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We cannot recommend surfing in Yemen, and perhaps you won’t either after reading Charlie Smith’s account of three months among the stellar pointbreaks in Al Qaeda territory.

By Chas Smith • Photography by DJ Struntz/A-Frame

Volume 21 Issue 5 (2012)

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Volume 21 Issue 5

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This issue opens with Brad Gerlach leaning into a lax bottom turn with all the art, refinement, and utter recklessness contained between the flaps. That includes adventures with Charlie Smith in Yemen and Ben Mondy in France, a healthy dose of the East Coast, art by David Molesky, photos by Nate Lawrence, and more.

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