Editorial
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The Big Wave Riders of Hawaii
Bernard Testemale’s collection of collodion wet plate photos.
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Coffee With Darwin
Watch “The Crab Slab” and other atmospherics in a video essay from our assay of the Cocos-Keeling Islands.
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Thoroughly Lived In
A return in body—and mind—to the reefs, streets, people, and outposts of Waikiki. Excerpted from the new issue of TSJ.
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The Half-Century Files: Bird Mahelona
West Siders on the North Shore in the early 1980s.
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Hot Curl
Finless surfing filtered through the mid-century Hawaiians.
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The A-Frame Strike
Craig Anderson hunts wedges along the road less traveled.
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Five and A Half Questions: Thaddeus Strode
Discussing influences, a near drowning at Todos, and “space noise” with the impulse-expressionist artist.
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Cutting Room: Cover Peripherals
Outtakes from Morgan Maassen’s Page One shot of Alex Knost.
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Authentic Wave
Single-fin surfing, black wetsuits, and elevator music from filmmaker/photographer Tatsuo Takei.
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Roadside Death Marker
Short fiction from the TSJ archives.
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What The Hell Is A Waterman?
Dissecting one of surfing’s most loaded labels.
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Two Decades Behind the Century
A chance viewing of John Milius’ film Big Wednesday is largely responsible for how the life of 43-year-old Tatsuo Takei…