Volume 30 Issue 2
On the cover: Mid-morning light. A locked inside edge. Body English born of pure reaction. Some frames just embody the whole big thing. Sam Hawk, Off The Wall, 1975. Photo by Steve Wilkings. Page one is backed by a full tracking of the cover subject’s transformation from Huntington surf rat to Pipeline groundbreaker in the 1970s. Spot studies also abound, including the history of big-wave surfing at South Africa's Sunset Reef and the risk versus reward of surf tripping to a Mexican prison island. Find high-art lessons in an excerpt from celebrated author Paul Theroux’s new surf-centric novel and a page-by-page look at photographer Slim Aarons’ ocean-peripheral work. As to contemporary happenings, a visual roundup from a dozen of the game’s best photographers hits on global action points.
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On Style
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Either You Surf or You Fight
In the face of high art, one surfer finds his humble place.
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Under the Wave
An interview with Paul Theroux.
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Night and the Iguana
If you have designs on surfing—or escaping from—a prison island, you’re going to have to pay.
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Keep Dreaming
The photography of Slim Aarons.
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The Screwtape Letters
Has Joel Tudor's Duct Tape Invitational finally managed to make organized surfing…cool?
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Tiger Style
For Gold Coast artist and surfer Joel Rea, the struggle is sublime.
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Pumpjack
When Sam Hawk migrated to the North Shore from the oil derricks of Huntington Beach, he dragged along era-defining talent.
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In the Hall of the Mountain King
South Africa’s Sunset Reef is ready for a close-up.
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Three-Wave Hold-Down
An excerpt from the novel Under the Wave At Waimea.
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Portfolio: Group Show
Visual surf stimuli from the game’s best photographers.
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The Rabbit at Risk
Mexico’s El Presidente wants to Elmer Fudd one of Salina Cruz’s prized right-handers.
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Breakneck
An ominous logotype leads to near disaster.
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No Hangover
True perfection rides the coattails at Nias.
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Lights Out
A requiem for Surfer magazine.
