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Jersey Before Foam
Born in December 1920, Mike Howes started surfing in 1937. This is a wonderful account of his life in and out of the water on the New Jersey Shore. Mike was an avid waterman throughout his life, from surfing his father’s Blake-style surfboards to teaching Red Cross lifesaving, parasailing, aquaplaning, and, oh, those beach parties.
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Orpheus Rising
Conversational excerpts selected from “The Life and Work of Richard Brewer.”
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Pack and Saddle
Down the Chilean coast a la jinete.
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Ghost Shaper
The entire staff of Wave Riding Vehicles is convinced their workplace is haunted. Of course, it's the friendly ghost of the legendary shaper Robert "Redman" Manville. Since Redman's passing, WRV has reported such incidents as a tornado, machines turning on unexpectedly, lights turning on and off, and boards jumping off racks.
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The Billion-Dollar Sketchbook
Animator and surfer Stephen Hillenburg’s brainchild made his debut around a Baja campfire. Knowing the artist’s background, that should come as no surprise.
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UnderCurrents
No fins, no swimming, pushing off directly into the tube in the shorebreak: try whomping to get your fill of wave time. Review of Taylor Steele's DVD "Innersection"; Serge Dedina's second book "Wild Sea"; Dave Kalama riffs on what it takes to really be prepared for those 20 footers; Kelly Slater's response to winning the 10th ASP World Title, Curtain Call in South Oz, Aussie photographers and their monikers. Surfing Around: Excerpts from Dr. David Stern's "Notes for a book on surfing, 1963"; Passings: Phillip "Flippy" Hoffman, Peter Van Dyke, and John Montgomery Lind; Off-The Lips with Nathan Fletcher and Jason Murray. Liner Notes the back story on the creation of the following features in this issue: "Chasing Down the Genius" by Paul Holmes, a profile of master craftsman Jim Phillips; "Odds & Ends" an article compiled by ex-Surfer editor Brad Barrett on 1960s San Diego surfing.
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