Volume 32 Issue 6
On the cover: Eurico Romaguera, redirecting his 9'9" Gato Heroi “Killer” off the top of a Moroccan runner. “The cat does not offer services,” wrote William S. Burroughs, a former Tangier International Zone denizen. “The cat offers itself.” Photograph by Simon Fitz. Further down the line, we check in with an alt-shaper designing in the extremes, view the work of a ’70s photo duo, critique a modern French impressionist logger, swot how a shaper and surfer are reinvigorating a bypassed theory, cruise with a zeitgeist surf auteur, survey an absolutely no-go Pacific island, and more.
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The Vee
In 1967, Bob McTavish’s Plastic Machine, and its unique bottom contour, helped usher in the shortboard revolution. More than 50 years after its initial creation, McTavish has found new life in the design—thanks to a fluke glass job and the interest of an Aussie doctor and surfer named Nick Vitko.
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On Style
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Surfing is a Joke
Why so serious?
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How to Reduce Your Shark Risk to Zero
Experienced shark researchers Scot Anderson and Paul Kanive on the known and unknown about the ocean’s apex predator.
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Super Magic
Corey Colapinto’s circuitous path through surfing’s past, present, and future.
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Island Style
Bernie Baker and Leonard Brady photographically tag-teamed Oahu, leveraging their hustle, their contacts, and their smarts. The resultant file still speaks for itself.
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The Steady (R)evolution of Kai Neville
The multiple phases and phosphoric energy of one of the last in the lineage of the late, great surf filmmakers.
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I Don’t Paint Blondes
Searching for pastel beauty beyond the darkness with Pandora Decoster.
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What’s Now?
The supernatural present of a surf shooting prodigy.
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The Forbidden Island
How a chance encounter on Kaua‘i—and a quiet session at Hanalei—opened a window into the island of Ni‘ihau’s isolated and obscure surf culture.
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Lifestyle, Culture, Zeitgeist
Tricia Shantz’s book Neverland shows why Byron Bay from 1965 to 1973 may have been the best time and place to be a surfer.
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Have a Cigar
Down the pub with the Tom Blake craft that started UK surfing.
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Tuesday With Morey
The late futurist recounts his final ride.
