Volume 21 Issue 2
In this issue, Kelly Slater claims Occy’s the best surfer he ever put eyes on, Brad Melekian delves into the love/death relationship between a big-wave rider and big-wave board builder, Jack O’Neill feels the literary love of Drew Kampion, Bells Beach gets a book of its own, and Mickey Muñoz shares his new offering, No Bad Waves.
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21.2
After the Earthquake
When the earth violently moved in Christchurch, New Zealand, at 12:51 p.m. on February 22, 2011, the local surfing populous was sent scurrying.
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21.2
Caribbean Shift
Lighting Out for a U.S. Territory
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21.2
The Wall Hanger
No board should ever serve purely aesthetic purposes, even if it ends up with a scar or two.
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21.2
The Thruster Grail
When Andrew Kidman took Simon Anderson's original Thruster for a paddle one day he was only vaguely aware of its monetary value, he just knew that it was a special surfboard.
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21.2
ARAB SPRING, MOROCCAN FALL
Surf Culture and Industry Establishes a Beachhead in Sidi Ifni
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21.2
Beyond the Dawn
A visual record of Oahu surf culture of the 1950s and 1960s by Clarence "Mac" Maki.
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21.2
Surfers’ Blood
Culling from the Santa Cruz lensman’s latest publishing pursuit.
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21.2
CIRCUIT BREAKER
No surf contest in the history of the sport has threatened life and limb quite like the 2011 Billabong Pro Tahiti.