Current issue: 33.5

On the cover: J Riddle, on location in El Salvador, earning stunt rates via period-correct positioning and equipage during the filming of John Milius’ “Big Wednesday.” For more on the writer/director’s filmography and impact on wider pop culture, read “Child of the Bomb” on page 70. Photograph by Merkel/Lost & Found. In this issue, we also open a South Oz shooter’s catalog, dive for bluewater gold in the California Bight, glean wisdom from a revered surfing elder, conduct recon in the Eastern Mediterranean, and more. For the full 140-page experience, pick up a copy of TSJ 33.5.

Preview Issue

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.