Current issue: 33.6

On the cover: Tahurai Henry, velocity and shadows at Teahupoo. “I wanted to convey the sense of speed and energy that goes along with the wave itself,” says photographer Ben Thouard, “but I also wanted to experiment with light and the silhouette of the rider. A lot of attempts went into capturing this photo. This one stood out from the others.” In this issue, we investigate the properties and mystique of magic surfboards, dig through a surf shooter’s 50-year-deep file, walk the beach with a trendsetting scavenger, and view prime selects by a South African photographer. We also head due north to cut first tracks at an Arctic slab, and session right points between blizzards.

Preview Issue

The Rosy Resurrection

Shedding Peter Drouyn and becoming Westerly Windina.

Return to the Bering

Screening exclusively for TSJ members from November 1-7

The Last Urchin Diver

Surfer and bottom-scratcher Conner Rhoads is one of the youngest holdouts in a shrinking old-world trade. Join him for a dive through the tides of change.

Searching for Arcadia in Lebanon, Tunisia, and Egypt

A short film documenting Kepa Acero and Marc Durà’s travels in the Eastern and Southern Mediterranean, where the surf and bodies politic can flip on a dime.

By the Horns

Joey Cabell on his impromptu bull fight, speed sailing, skiing, the power of commitment, and shaping and riding the White Ghost.

A Lousy Slave

Avant-garde artist, shaper, and performer Peter Schroff emerged from Echo Beach in the 1980s, a decade ahead of his time. Thirty-years later, he’s up to his same old tricks.

February

Watch “Changing Tempo,” a 15-minute film featuring Michael February in African point surf.

This is Not a Surfboard

France’s Lucas Lecacheur & nature as culture.

Finding Andrew

Thirty years of documenting the woods, the marshes, the people, and the surf of Long Island’s East End with Andrew Blauschild.

“Standing Up” with Yusuke Hanai

Alex Weinstein talks with the Japanese artist about the power of art and the underdog.

Batik with Chili Pepper Crab

Remembering big-wave and textile industry pioneer Walter Hoffman, (1931-2024).

Paradise Lost

Are there any lessons to learn from the myriad ways traveling surfers have mangled paradise? A look at three hotly debated locations—in Mexico, Fiji, and Indonesia—where locals and visitors alike are attempting to responsibly manage crowds, tensions, development, and surf resources.

Harrison Roach in “Proper by Any Measure”

A short film featuring the TSJ 33.3 profile subject riding boards from his diverse quiver.

A Nahua Way of Knowledge

Camping, surfing, and farming on the edge of a Nahua village in Michoacán with local David “El Vaquero” Ramos Flores.

The Last One

Surfing is losing its greatest generation of handshapers. What will happen to the culture and the practice of building surfboards when they’re gone?

Soup Jockeys

A short film featuring Jordan Rodin’s finless surfing and Billy Cervi’s cinematography.

Run a Knife

Taj Burrow on transitioning from the professional tour to the real world, dealing with inevitable regression as a middle-aged surfer, and his favorite ’CT competitors.