The Big Man

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How Rusty Preisendorfer—data-minded, art-underpinned, and boldly ambitious—made his marque.

By John Durant

Volume 31 Issue 4 (2022)

35.1
Endless Joy

In search of Dane Reynolds. The famously elusive…

By Tony John Andrews
34.6
The Captain of Orella

Navigating seven generations of permaculture on…

By Jeff Johnson
34.4
Aesthetics: J Brother

The visual inspirations and paddling tracks of…

By Scott Hulet
33.6
Paranormal Objects

Beyond our surfing abilities and quantifiable…

By Kyle DeNuccio

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Volume 31 Issue 4

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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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