Editorial

  • Spin the Globe

    Spin the Globe

    This well shaped right point has great historical influence; a place Lord Nelson sailed to in 1805. You’ve spun the…

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  • Family Matters

    Family Matters

    The Wilsons of Coolum are a unique, tight-knit family whose simple lifestyle has been centered on surfing from the get-go.…

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  • A Mischief of Rats

    A Mischief of Rats

    What can be worse than an oil spill? According to Rory Stansbury of Island Conservation, a rat spill can be…

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  • Chasing Down the Genius

    Chasing Down the Genius

    A self-taught surfboard maker, Jim Phillips began shaping in his early teens in the ’60s while living in Hawaii. But…

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  • Home on the Atoll

    Home on the Atoll

    If you are looking for the complete remote atoll surf experience, Kiribati may be just the place you have been…

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  • Andy Irons, 1978-2010

    Andy Irons, 1978-2010

    Jake Howard pays tribute to the legendary Andy Irons as he recalls past moments of his travels and surfing career:…

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  • The Best I Ever Saw: Shaun Claffey & Blank Expression: Enter Sandman

    The Best I Ever Saw: Shaun Claffey

    The Best I Ever Saw: Looking through a copy of “Photo: Grannis,” the author sees a photo of his favorite…

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  • UnderCurrents

    UnderCurrents

    No fins, no swimming, pushing off directly into the tube in the shorebreak: try whomping to get your fill of…

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  • Track Fader

    Track Fader

    Tyler Warren tracks his line on a sub-5′ mini-Simmons.

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  • Flashpoint

    Flashpoint

    A first-hand account of the OP Pro Riot on Labor Day 1986 from TV and contest announcers to the captain…

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  • UnderCurrents

    UnderCurrents

    French surfers tackle the Indo tidal bore wave “Bono”. Tetsuhiko Endo’s review of Amstel Surf Film Festibal 8 in San…

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  • Home Grown

    Home Grown

    According to Stanley Pleskunas, Stevie Lis was “always ahead of the rest of us.” Stevie, a Point Loma, CA, local,…

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