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Going Lala
Many millions of homo sapien have surfed throughout history but most did so against their will. Shipwrecked or beached on…
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Glacial Relationships
“It took me a while to realize what these rivers were,” says Chris Burkard, the 30-year-old San Luis Obispo-based surf…
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Soundings: Rocker
Bottom rocker is the most elusive characteristic of surfboard design. At what point does an exaggerated rocker, meant to allow…
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The Lover’s Guide to Surf Cinema
Joe Guglielmino, most commonly referred to as Joe G. or Joseph G., but never just Joe, or at least never…
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The Chocolate Islands
We’re rolling down the spine of an ancient volcano, tumbling to the sea. Beyond the window there’s nothing but the…
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Unsafe At Any Speed
— “Hi, NAME REDACTED? I’m calling to ask you about Ricky Rasmussen. I’m working on a story about him and…
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Jonathan Zawada and a “Particular Turbulent Wave”
In the summer of 2003, I launched a surfing magazine with a friend and we called it Stab. Beyond a…
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Death Trip
Surfers are riding unthinkably dangerous waves. Why aren’t more of us dying?
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World Tour
The Lost Journals of Peter Troy from TSJ 20.4.
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A Graceful and Perfumed Rage
“I remember looking up the cab service in the Yellow Pages,” Lisa Andersen is saying while ignoring her shrimp ceviche,…
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Neptune Alley
Every surf town has a generation who came of age during the 70s, a group of individuals that define the…
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The Maturation of Cloud Nine
Mike Boyum slipped quietly into surf lore hiding along this very stretch of sand. The infamous explorer-turned-cocaine smuggler owed a…