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20.1

Volume 20 Issue 1

In this issue: Martin Potter, artist and filmmaker Julian Schnabel, Butch Van Artsdalen, a study of dangerous waves

  • 20.1

    The View From Hoffman Seaboard

    Six years after seeing the ocean for the first time, 15-year-old Martin Potter terrorized the best surfers in the world and altered the course of performance surfing.

    By Derek Rielly

    The View From Hoffman Seaboard
  • 20.1

    The Elastic Clause

    To artist and filmmaker Julian Schnabel, surfing means freedom, and he feels fortunate to be able to live life from his art.

    By Scott Hulet

    The Elastic Clause
  • 20.1

    The Art of the Caper

    Excerpts from the not-yet-published Remembering Butch: The Butch Van Artsdalen Story

    By Douglas Cavanaugh

    The Art of the Caper
  • 20.1

    Death Trip

    Modern surfers are riding unthinkably dangerous waves. Why aren't more of us dying?

    By Brad Melekian

    Death Trip

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