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Directional Shift
Generally the province of sponsored young globetrotters, the Mentawais boat trip/photo shoot has become shorthand for surf corpo extravagance. Hitting a peak in the early double-oughts, some wave-adjacent anchorages looked suspiciously like the Palm Beach Yacht Show. This piece chronicles a different sort of situation. Meet our 40-something crew of extraordinary gentlemen: Tom Curren, Gary “Kong” Elkerton, and Mark Occhilupo. They brought offspring and understudies. On tap? Style contrasts, knowledge, and good times on the teak decks of the <em> .</em>
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Behind Bars: Pt. Dume to Lompoc, A Surfing Odyssey
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Portfolio: Jack Belli
Writer (and occasional subject) Devon Howard on this issue’s featured photographer: “The unassuming appearance of this 23-year-old—average height, lean build, clean cut, a skateboarder’s sense of dress, framed by timelessly styled ophthalmic eyewear—may accentuate his surprisingly traditional work ethics, at least to those who don’t know him well. Beneath Jack’s polite and jovial nature is a motivated and creative doer. He’s no blue-faced kid living an uninvolved, self-important life through his phone. Jack is always out there, somewhere, lurking in the cut, making shit happen: Down the beach, up in the rocks, or just out of sight—sniping grade-A images.”
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Ricky Massie
A brief profile piece about Rickie Massie from Barrio Venice. Focused on the obstacles he has faced from the surrounding gang lifestyle both on the street and in the water, his efforts to prove a barrio kid can make it, the unique encouragement from those around him, and his goal of ultimately making it into the Top 44 by 1999.
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Being There
Nate Lawrence and the inarguable benefits of showing up.
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