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27.2

Volume 27 Issue 2

In this issue, we commune with punk rockers and mutated golems, ex-pats in the Atacama Desert, and beastly surf in the Eastern Atlantic. Underwater imagery from Everton Luis and the modernist subjects of John Respondek bookend the experience.

  • 27.2

    Happy Face

    Australian surf photographer John Respondek works hard, plays harder, and just might be the most delighted photographer in the world…except when someone sets up next to him.

    By Vaughn Blakey

    Happy Face
  • 27.2

    Leaving Las Vegas

    A United States surf citizen charts his path.

    By The Surfer’s Journal

    Leaving Las Vegas
  • 27.2

    Cocksure

    An interview with Richie Collins.

    By Christian Beamish

    Cocksure
  • 27.2

    Cutting Edges 

    The great cosmic Mentawai experiment.

    By Matt George

    Cutting Edges 
  • 27.2

    GringoX

    An anonymous ex-pat on Chile’s Atacama coast.

    By Dean La Tourrette

    GringoX
  • 27.2

    Rocket to Rockaway 

    The Ramones and Punk Magazine’s “Mutant Monster Beach Party.”

    By The Surfer’s Journal

    Rocket to Rockaway 
  • 27.2

    The Colossus in the Garden

    Maximum point surf in the Eastern Atlantic.

    By The Surfer’s Journal

    The Colossus in the Garden
  • 27.2

    Soundings: Acute Angles

    Twin-fins in the modern context.

    By Christian Beamish

    Soundings: Acute Angles
  • 27.2

    Legends of the Sandbar

    Excerpts from photographer Christopher Bickford’s recent paean to the Outer Banks.

    By Christopher Bickford

    Legends of the Sandbar
  • 27.2

    David Nuuhiwa

    By Leo Hetzel

    David Nuuhiwa

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