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26.6

Contents

The Gunman on the Hill

The 1979 California Stubbies Pro vs. the Last Soul Surfer.By Chris Ahrens

Interview: Barton Lynch

“Being a pro surfer is about your personal development. It’s not about your surfing.”By Anthony Pancia

The Calves of Copper River

It’s been nearly a decade since Garrett McNamara and company attempted the most audacious project in surfdom. Writer Kimball Taylor was on site, and still…By Kimball Taylor

In Unequal Measure

Tricking the eye with its apparently nature-defying curvature, the asymmetrical surfboard comes down to the pursuit of ultimate balance.By Stu Nettle

Favors of Fortune

Across the Strait to Desert Point.By Steve Barilotti

Bruce’s Beauties

Timed to the advent of the 50th anniversary of the most popular surf movie ever made, a hidden archive of production stills and photos taken…By The Surfer’s Journal

The Straight Story

Technique, craft, and sweat-equity on the WSL trail.By Derek Reilly

A Legend and a Menace

Bouncing with the first big-wave bodyboarder, Phyllis “Jill” Dameron Albrecht.By Mariah Ernst

Trust the Process

From Bonny Doon to the Bagpipe with Wil Banks.By Al Mackinnon

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