Revelations Across the Strait by Shawn Shamlou

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Not Up to Code

Walter Coker’s serpentine life in surfing and journalism.

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The Body Will Suffice: Self-Propelled Through Primordia

North Shore lifeguards Jeff Johnson and Todd Sells, pro surfer Chris Malloy, and photographer Seth Stafford jimmied a window in their schedules for a self-inflicted swim and hike biathlon on a remote tropical coastline they prefer to leave unidentified.

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Sunday Morning Surf Check with Doug Aitken

Jamie Brisick takes a look at the life and art of Doug Aitken, an LA based surfer and internationally known artist, who "blurs the lines between film, video, still photography, architecture, sculpture, and Willy Wonka." At first glance his art has nothing to do with surfing, but when you dive deeper, it is easy to see how elements of surfing have shaped his life and artwork.

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Captain Goodvibes

While the US press birthed the prototype of the surf mag cartoon character — Griffin’s “Murphy” — Australia’s Tracks magazine delivered a version as dirty, scurrilous, and profane as their Cockney-ripped slang. His name was Captain Goodvibes and he was instantly embraced, indeed loved. This flatulent wonderpig became a standard bearer for the National surf consciousness. He got tubed. He rooted incessantly. He “sat on his ring and swilled gin.” He was a dole-bludging, untrustworthy lay-about with nothing on his mind beyond the next drink, the next swell, and the ripest sow he could hustle. Raise your glass to the heavens and oink.

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Pulling Guard

From the region that brought you Pelé and Fittipaldi, <em>Paulista</em> Gabriel Medina sacked the world surfing circuit with stone faced equanimity. In this profile, “Biel” finally looses his tongue.

Revelations Across the Strait by Shawn Shamlou

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Not Up to Code

The Body Will Suffice: Self-Propelled Through Primordia

Sunday Morning Surf Check with Doug Aitken

Captain Goodvibes

Pulling Guard