Surf Film is Dead
Long live surf film!
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Contents
Oceanic Feeling
An conversation with film director Michael Oblowitz.
Tranquila La Plaza
For a hundred or so local surfers, day-tripping Sinaloa is— tentatively—back on the table.
Helmsman
Offshore rescues and high-minded business models with Tom Kay—seaman, surfer, manufacturer.
Outlander
In the 1980s, Texan Jimmy Metyko was exactly the shooter Santa Barbara County needed.
The End of the Circle
Typhoid, dengue fever, heartbreak, madness. Looking behind the scenes of Rob Machado's ill-fated 2009 biopic, "The Drifter."
Occidental Drift
Point surf and volcanic hardscrabble in the Eastern Atlantic.
Achromatic Petrification
Portraits of surfers by a non surfer.
Under the Great Wave
A 200-year-old woodblock print is the most widely dispersed image of a single wave ever produced. Today, its impact still reverberates across the visual landscape.
The Wallflower’s Progress
The high-impact imagery and unassuming presence of Trevor Moran.
Roots/Art Test (RAT) Match Surfing Championship
Deconstructing competition surfing to redress the loss of purist aesthetics.
Head Banger
Surviving a Tahitian punch through the skull.
The Setenta-Mineral
An authentic special from south of the border.
Surf Muzak
Thoughts on the nature of surf sonics.
