The Navigator

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Interisland and panoceanic explorations with Nick Beck.

By Chris Cook

Volume 35 Issue 3 (2026)

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God and Ben

Ben Aipa—a man’s man to be sure—has been a…

By Sam George
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The Vee

In 1967, Bob McTavish’s Plastic Machine, and its…

By Noah Dow
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Super Magic

Corey Colapinto’s circuitous path through…

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Ghosts, ruins, merciless elements, and ephemeral…

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Volume 35 Issue 3

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On the cover: Eithan Osborne, apex phase, Indonesia. “He had a career session that day,” says photographer Duncan Macfarlane. we view the stills of a revered auteur, report from the Baltic Sea, camp in South Africa, and study the open-ocean exploits and innovations of a Garden Isle surfer/navigator. We also follow the unadulterated tracks of an Australian modern classicist, examine the compulsive need for waves, hook big bass in Middle America with a Hawaiian shredder, and more.

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