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Miguel, Gisele, And The Architecture Of Sex
Brazilian surf culture imitates nothing and no one. Those who fix their Western Gaze on the country’s idiosyncratic and vibrant aspects have a tendency to chafe at its non-conformity rather than celebrating its distinctiveness. As writer Charlie Smith argues, resisting is useless: Brazil is the future of surfing.
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Must We Burn The Single Blade?
A single-fin study from filmmaker George Trimm.
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Arc Of A Cesta
Author Greg Tindall on Pete Mendia: “Despite having a full array of maneuvers, Pete Mendia's signature move as a time-tested photo-pro has become the cutback, the first move he learned to do at Lake Worth pier as a kid. He had this yellow MTB twin-fin that he finally figured out how to grab one rail then set the other one to reverse their direction. The cutback, that's it… can't be eponymously renamed. It's such a standard move it's almost taken for granted. Of course, it’s not any old cutty when the “big kid” lays into it. It's everything Pete has laid out on a rail, over twenty years of professional surfing honed in on a moment… a maneuver that splays the grain of the wave wide open, a stained-glass window pane of ocean.”
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Undercurrents
"The Raglan Surf Academy is the West Point of surfing: ""cadets"" train for hours every day, reviewing tape, doing yoga, lifting weights, and surfing their brains out at Raglan per their curriculum. "
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Ben Marcus’ Crouching Tiger, Smoking Dragon
Ben Marcus explores the Yin and Yang of big wave tow surfing with jet skis. The story traces tow surfing at Mavericks’ birth by Doug Hansen and Perry Miller when jet skis were shunned upon. The pair succeeded on days that were too big for padding and soon the tow teams increased in the line. But the debate still raged online at www.MavSurfer.com where locals vocalized their disapproval of towing. Doc Renneker points out the environmental impacts of jetskis. The trend hits Hawaii, where Mokuleia resident Michael McNulty led the offense against jetskis at Hammerheads. The World Tow Association forges a compromise with the Department of Land and Natural Resources in Hawaii to draft rules for responsible tow surfing. The story continues with more huge tow days at Maverick’s, Laird Hamilton at Jaws to Larry “Flame” Moore’s Project Neptune uncovering The Cortes Bank.
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Pretty to Think So
At Zarautz, professional surfing hoisted the freak flag. Few remember the waves. Few have forgotten the mayhem.
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