How to Save a Life: North Shore Edition
Photos by DJ Struntz On the floor of Kohl Christensen’s farm, some big wave gentlemen get a lesson in safety. After party: The Eddie paddle out. Bring your own lei. Mark Healey gets his two cents in....
View ArticleMilosky Mettle Contender: Danilo Couto
Danilo Couto, putting in the time on land to stay safe in the water. Photo: DJ Struntz Based on what I’d seen of Danilo’s surfing, I was expecting to meet a psychopath. He’s got photos and videos...
View ArticleMilosky Mettle Contender: Kohl Christensen
Kohl Christensen, main contender for the Milosky Mettle We are on a farm. Chickens cluck, dogs bark, tradewinds blow and Kohl is making me a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. He spreads the PB as he...
View ArticleOn Location: North Shore, Oahu
Sarah and her seven-mile stare. PHOTO: JimmicanePipeline and the girls, bonding. PHOTO: JimmicaneKala dropped in as guest art director for a shot or two. No one argued. PHOTO: JimmicaneJ.J. giving...
View ArticleGabriel Medina Spreads the Love
Lowers. Photo: Jimmicane Saxon Boucher, Mike Parsons, Sal Masakela. Photo: Sherm Grayson and Christian Fletcher. Photo: Sherm John John and crew, avoiding trains. Photo: Jimmicane Nat Young. Photo:...
View ArticleSounds: A$AP ROCKY
Harlem’s getting gentrified. There are androgynous boys in coffee shops sipping certified fair trade “graphic designing” and “writing novels” to the tune of Chromeo and Cut Copy. They leave their...
View ArticleSounds: Bonde do RolÊ
Photo: mad decent In ancient Greece, Dionysus was the coolest god. He was the god of wine and ritual ecstatic madness, basically the god of ragers. And though Athens had its day, Dio should’ve been...
View ArticleWhat’s He On? Craig Anderson’s African Safari Sled
Craig's Hypto Krypto. Photo:Corey Wilson They told me to book a flight to Skeleton Bay — swell of the season. To leave tomorrow and link up with Craig. I did not argue. I took two Ambien and woke up...
View ArticleSounds: Here We Go Magic
He was in the crowd, buggin’ out to the opening bands. He was one of us. Nobody even knew it was him until he stepped on stage. Luke Temple, lead singer and guitarist of Here We Go Magic, wore a...
View ArticleNovember Issue Outtakes: Abalone Romance
Photos by Alan Van Gysen Craig weaves his 5’4″ through tube after tube with style and grace Act I — Skeleton Coast Cosmic Glitterbug. Reticulated Falcon Wing. Style Boyz. Shredscapades. Liquid...
View ArticleBending Colours
.slideshow-title {display:none;} Photos: Ryan Miller Jordy Smith, Kai Neville and Ivan Tanjung and Rick Rifici- LifestyleJordy Smith - ActionJulian Wilson surfs in St Pierre, Reunion Island, France on...
View ArticleSounds: Juicy J
This month in SURFING’s East Coast issue, for the Sounds page we featured Juicy J. Musically, he’s been a big inspiration for us and throughout the office as Right Coast images flooded in, countless...
View ArticleSounds: Tame Impala
p.slideshow-title {display:none;} Sounds: Tame Impala Sounds: Tame Impala Sounds: Tame Impala We were in a small bar across from the ocean in Santa Monica and it was my birthday. And sure, we were in...
View ArticleGrom Games
Griffin Colapinto, Seth Moniz, Josh Burke, Jake Marshall and Kanoa Igarashi missed the Olympics while in Nicaragua. Actually, no they didn’t. Photos by Corey Wilson and Jimmicane I follow the boys...
View ArticleNight & Day
Florida’s Evan Geiselman Is Fluent In Two Coasts. And Every Woman Loves A Bilingual Man Portrait: Jimmicane “Everything is just so surreal,” says Evan. “Out here in California — it’s like living in a...
View ArticleThe Ivy Coast
Exploring New England’s Wave-Rich Shores New England. Photo: Bryan Nevins While the East Coast remains a murky watered mystery to most outsiders, even more mysterious is the surf scene in New England....
View ArticleSounds: Beaters
San Diego’s erratic and electrically charged mutant punk band, Beaters, have been shredding select venues since 2009. They are fast and raw and their grinding riffs leave a strange rumble in your core...
View ArticleUnder The Influence: Kai Barger
T.S. Eliot said, “This is the way the world ends — not with a bang but a whimper.” Twenty-two-year-old Kai Barger’s year began a little something like this. Until it banged. After pingponging across...
View ArticleSounds: Tame Impala
Photo: Isaac Zoller We were in a small bar across from the ocean in Santa Monica and it was my birthday. And sure, we were in L.A., but Tame Impala has to play somewhere…and it was still my birthday....
View ArticleUnder The Influence: Sebastian “Seabass” Zietz
Kauai’s feisty, leg-shaking towhead Sebastian Zietz didn’t have to tear through 100 Wonka Bars to win surfing’s Golden Ticket. He had to earn it. He tore through the 2012 ‘QS season and ripped open the...
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