Featuring 11-time world champion Kelly Slater on the cover, the new issue of SURFER is chalk full of inspiring surf stories, riveting photos and all the adventure that you've come to expect from SURFER's nearly 65 years of publishing. This issue includes a revealing piece by Slater himself, as well as five-time world champion and Olympic gold medalist Carissa Moore. There's a fascinating interview with teen phenom Caitin Simmers, a harrowing tale of Captain Martin Daly's sailing the high seas in search of surf, as well as pieces on the state of big-wave surfing, the environmental impact of mineral mining in South Africa, and of course, a high-def photo feature of enlightening surf images from around the world. What is surfing today? You're going to have get a copy of the magazine to find out.
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Surfer - Summer 2024
What is Surfing Today?
The Master • Celebrating the work, life and legacy of legendary SURFER lensman Art Brewer.
BIRDS OF A FEATHER • How surfboards, style and timeless progression kicked off a relationship between Ryan Burch and Bryce Young that reaches far beyond the shaping bay.
Lynne Boyer • 1978 and 1979 World Champion, Oahu, Hawaii
The DNA of Craftmanship • From full-time flooring contractor to full-time board builder, Michael Takayama reinvents himself at age 57 to focus on making handshapes for some of the world’s best loggers
THERE and BACK AGAIN • THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME REFLECTS ON A HALF CENTURY IN THE WATER.
yes i can • When it comes to the atmospheric heights women are elevating surfing today, remarkably, the best is yet to come.
Caitlin Simmers
UNRIDDEN REALM REDUX • RUSSELL BIERKE, JUSTINE DUPONT, KAI LENNY, LAURA ENEVER AND NIC VON RUPP BREAK DOWN THE CURRENT STATE OF BIG-WAVE SURFING.
Under SIEGE • AS THE GLOBAL DEMAND FOR HEAVY MINERALS GROWS, SOUTH AFRICA’S NAMAQUALAND COAST, A 400-MILE-LONG SURF-RICH WILDERNESS, IS BEING EATEN AWAY BY MINING.
THE BAREFOOT ADVENTURE LIVES • When the world went on lockdown, Captain Martin Daly fueled up his intrepid Indies Trader and shoved off beyond the horizon and did what he does best, found surf.
EXPOSURE • A GLOBE-SPINNING SURVEY OF THE HIGH ART OF SURF PHOTOGRAPHY TODAY.
Oh, to be young.
