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Progress Report
With this issue of the Surfer's Journal, Steve and Debbee Pezman tie off the first year of publication, and they take a moment reflect on the magazine's development and it's prospects looking forward.
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Back From Hell
Unpacking our hard-wired fascination with surf trip disasters. Pulled from TSJ 29.2.
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The Aquatic Ape
Miklos S. Dora, aka Miki Dora, aka Da Cat, aka The Black Knight, challenges surfers to a contest at Jeffrey's Bay. The rules: Entrants place a $200 reliability bond; applicants must construct their own equipment; equipment must be ozone friendly and biodegradable; no petrochemicals allowed; boards cannot exceed 9'6"; the tail must square off at 10"; single fins only; no logos of any kind; no colors; minimum board size is 8'. The winner will be the rider who rides farthest on a wave. Dora defines the point of the contest to be reclaiming the lost soul of surfing.
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Bruce’s Beauties
Timed to the advent of the 50th anniversary of the most popular surf movie ever made, a hidden archive of production stills and photos taken by the director has percolated up through the topsoil. Many have found their way onto Bruce Brown Films’ social feeds. Others have been high-graded into the recent nonesuch boxed-edition art volume, The Endless Summer. Page through and see if these don’t have you wanting to prick up your ear, listening for Wally Georis’ haunting melodica work with The Sandals as Mike and Robert cross datelines.
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Barefoot Surfari
What initially seemed to be simply a covert trip to the Bixby Ranch for a couple of Gremmies turned out to signify their initiation into the exclusive group of Malibu surfers who regulated the social hierarchy in The Pit. This sequel to Denny Aaberg's "No Pants Mance" from the previous issue of The Surfer's Journal provides a unique pre-teen's perspective of the hostility of the Bixby Ranch's "Surfing Cowboys", and his experience in reconciling his passion for surfing alone with the social dynamic that he loves at home in Malibu.
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