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On the cover: Multi-disciplined surfboard artisan Joe Roper. Features inside the book include a Mexican wave zone lost to time and interest, a glacial-fed A-frame, and a surf playground amid an atomic testing range. The animation and comic paneling of cartoonists Stephen Hillenburg and Roy Gonzalez, plus the creative outputs of Josh Martin, Denis Stock, and Nate Lawrence add additional facets and textures.

Protected: 34.2

Meta view of a Mentawai Islands lineup. “That boat is where you would typically anchor to surf and shoot,” says photographer John Barton. “But I was farther down the coast at another spot, scanning through a long lens to see if it was getting better elsewhere.” In this issue, we roll up to Santa Barbara for an audience with an outspoken former surf star, slide along with a Japanese logger, patrol Namibia’s coast to free entangled sea mammals, view a surf resort photographer’s tropical money shots, hang at a prolific garage rocker’s pad, learn how the ocean can treat post-traumatic stress disorder, and more. Pick up your copy today.