The Captain of Orella

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Navigating seven generations of permaculture on the Gaviota Coast with Guner Tautrim.

By Jeff Johnson

Volume 34 Issue 6 (2025)

35.3
Addendum: Steering Ancient Waypoints

Nick Beck and the Holopuni Hawaiian sailing canoe.

By Dave Parmenter
35.1
Make It Look Easy

Chris Miller on the balance of style and…

By Elliott Wright
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Lust for Life

The layered identities of Chase Hall’s oceanic…

By Alex Weinstein
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Follow the Line

Mid-face tracks and anthropological theory.

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Volume 34 Issue 6

In this issue

We pay homage to the Hawaiian winter with modern and traditional studies of Sunset, Pipeline, and Honolua Bay. We also examine the moodboard of a culture-shifting multihyphenate, and assess an award-winning designer’s endemic and mainstream influence. Along the Pacific Rim, we jump in the water with an experienced Canadian shooter, ranch with the stewards of a pristine stretch of California coast, and grovel with a subterranean pack rat in San Diego.

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