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On the cover: Shaun Manners, achieving low orbit somewhere in the Australian desert. “I love getting down to the dez,” says photographer Josh Tabone. “It’s cold. It’s raw. It’s a little bit eerie, and it kind of sorts the men from the boys.”

Other glide paths inside include one woman’s inexplicable draw to the world’s deadliest wave, trafficking contraband via foam and fiberglass, the collision of aerospace and surf culture in a champion-breeding town, a freewheeling French Caribbean export, high-horsepower fabrications, and a low-brow artist’s big-wave motif.

Features

Page 18

ESSAY: SANDÍAS Y CORRIDAS DE TOROS

From the bullfights to the Tijuana jail.

Words by Steve Pezman | Illustration by Matthieu Cossé

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Page 26

INTERVIEW: MRS. PIPELINE

Moana Jones Wong on being crippling shy while excelling at the world’s most examined wave, lineup politics, her DIY approach, and growing up on the North Shore.

Interview by Beau Flemister | Illustration by Agnès Ricart

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Page 30

Boards of Infamy

The golden era of surfboard smuggling was brief, coinciding with what many consider to be the definitive American decade.

Words by Cedar Hobbs | Image by courtesy of Surfer magazine archives

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Page 38

A FISH OF TURQUOISE WATER

How William Aliotti’s unconventional lines took him from a small island in the Caribbean to a digitized, global existence.

Words by Alex Dick-Read | Image by Ben Thouard

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Page 54

The Space Coast

From the ancient past to the modern era, Cocoa Beach and the wider environs of Brevard County have maintained a fully innate surf identity.

Words by Dan Reiter | Image by Bruce Walker

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Page 76

REFINED VELOCITY

The eye of a surfer, the mind of an engineer, and the hands of an artist converge in Max Hazan’s motorcycles, singular machines custom-built for speed, intricacy, and beauty.

Words by Michael Gross | Image by Wyatt Seaverns

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Page 84

THE FABULIST

Riding along with Raymond Pettibon.

Words by Jamie Brisick | Art by Raymond Pettibon

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Page 96

PORTFOLIO: CORBAN CAMPBELL

Near disasters and scarred realism with the Florida-raised, Ventura-based barista and shooter.

Introduction by Tony John Andrews

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Page 116

THE LIGHTS OF PLATFORM GAIL

Survival swimming in the Channel Islands.

Words by Scott Thompson | Illustration by Alex Kopps

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Page 120

UNDERCURRENTS

How surf auteur Greg MacGillivray nailed The Shining’s opening shot, trespassing with Linda Benson, caught in a mobile extortion racket with Justin Quintal, the Gerry Lopez factor, and more.

Image courtesy of MacGillivray Freeman Films

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