The Captain

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In the no-holds-barred 1970s, Michael Larmont did it all. As a competitor, explorer, innovator, and businessman, he laid much of the groundwork for South Africa as a surfing nation.

By Andy Davis

Volume 30 Issue 6 (2021)

34.6
Genus Neotoma

Excavating the midden of Mikey Whaley’s Pack Ratt…

By Ben Waldron
30.5
Showdown at Sunset Cliffs

A super session decided by the peer-review…

By Steve Pezman
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Three Southern California outdoor impressionist…

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By Scott Hulet

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Volume 30 Issue 6

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On the cover: Chippa Wilson double mugs it while, in the immortal words of The Beverly Hillbillies’ Jed Clampett, taking a dip in the “cement pond.” Photo by John Respondek. Features inside the book offer cuts that span the gamut in craft, era, place, and perspective: A character study of pro surfing’s biggest cryptic. Two decades worth of under-the-radar lineups from across the globe. Slide slipping the masses in a wave riding boomtown. First-person narratives of big-wave surfing’s heaviest feats. A 1960s epoch-marking cartoonist. The figure behind South Africa’s establishment as a surfing powerhouse in the 70s. Modern captures of Waikiki rollers and Pipe lip throws from a shooter decidedly in the mix.

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