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In 1967, Bob McTavish’s Plastic Machine, and its unique bottom contour, helped usher in the shortboard revolution. More than 50 years after its initial creation,…By Noah Dow

By Scott Hulet

Why so serious?By Norris Eppes

Experienced shark researchers Scot Anderson and Paul Kanive on the known and unknown about the ocean’s apex predator.By Steve Hawk

Corey Colapinto’s circuitous path through surfing’s past, present, and future.By Richard Kenvin

Bernie Baker and Leonard Brady photographically tag-teamed Oahu, leveraging their hustle, their contacts, and their smarts. The resultant file still speaks for itself.By Professor Peter Maguire

The multiple phases and phosphoric energy of one of the last in the lineage of the late, great surf filmmakers.By NE Kachel

Searching for pastel beauty beyond the darkness with Pandora Decoster.By Kyle DeNuccio

The supernatural present of a surf shooting prodigy.By Tony John Andrews

How a chance encounter on Kaua‘i—and a quiet session at Hanalei—opened a window into the island of Ni‘ihau’s isolated and obscure surf culture.By The Surfer’s Journal

Tricia Shantz’s book Neverland shows why Byron Bay from 1965 to 1973 may have been the best time and place to be a surfer.By Derek Hynd

Down the pub with the Tom Blake craft that started UK surfing.By Ben Mondy

The late futurist recounts his final ride.By Steve Pezman