The Shooter Walks Away

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Dan Merkel’s climb, fall, and various regenerations.

By Nick Carroll

Volume 28 Issue 4 (2019)

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So Long, Shredder

The unavoidable death of you and your surfing.

By Ethan Stewart
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Dan Merkel

From Roughneck to Photo Mercenary

By Dave Gilovich
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The Fantastic Displacements of Perfection

Exploring the irregular literatures and sawtooth…

By Dodge Weirath
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Riding the Crash

Santa Cruz’s surf-skate industrialist Rich Novak.

By Christian Beamish

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Volume 28 Issue 4

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The inner workings of this issue stretch from Hank Warner’s lifelong ride with surfing’s most revered icons to a local-level look inside the DIY Cuban surf-skate community. Modern interpretations of George Greenough’s edge board designs, the 1970s photography of Dan Merkel, and Jack Coleman’s lo-fi cinematic creations round the the book into shape.

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