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On the cover: J Riddle, on location in El Salvador, earning stunt rates via period-correct positioning and equipage during the filming of John Milius’ “Big Wednesday.” Photograph by Dan Merkel/Lost & Found. Hit the link to preview our new issue.
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A natural gift. Photo by Mark Kronemeyer.
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A Puerto Escondido intersection, Greg Long with the green light. Photo by Alex Patrick.
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Gathering bearings, Mexico. Photo by Mark Kronemeyer.
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To all the dads out there who've kept us on point: happy Father's Day. Photo courtesy of the Walla family.
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Greg Noll, 1937-2021.
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Harrison Roach, well-sorted on a Desert Point high line. Photo by Harry Mark.
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An outside scratch in the glass. Photo by Don Balch.
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Straight out of a tryptophan-induced dream. Photo by Logan Murray.
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Nate Zoller, stretching his rubber in Alaska. Photo by Chris Burkard.
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Hoppy Swarts, Hermosa Pier, 1940. Photo by Doc Ball.
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Rio de Janeiro's wedge au naturale. Photograph by Ben DeCamp.
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Torrey Meister chocolate-tinted soul-arch. Photo by Seth de Roulet.
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Francisco Porcella, Maverick's, 2019. Photograph by Derek Dunfee.
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Roadside attraction, Basque Country. Photo by Javier Muñoz.
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Indonesian jungle juice. Photo by Lance Slabbert.
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Teahupoo denizen Matahi Drollet, comfortable in the funhouse. Photo by Domenic Masqueira.
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Jack Robinson, fanning his tail somewhere north of Perth. Photograph by Russell Ord.
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Kalohe Danbara, piercing a wrinkled surface, Huntington Beach. Photo by Brian Bott.
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Huntington Beach Pier, 1977. Unknown kneeboarder, dipping into the Northside bowl. Photo by Steve Sakamoto.
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Kai Lenny, Maverick’s. “I always try to sit over on the left, as long as the swell is the right direction and not too big,” says photographer Seth de Roulet, “Otherwise it doesn’t feel safe. You can definitely get caught over there."
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Mikey DeTemple, Caribbean. "I’ll shoot a winter storm in New England," says photographer Nick Lavecchia, "then fly south to score that same swell in the Caribbean. It's a beneficial balance."
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Mick Fanning, unfazed by backwash at Snapper Rocks. Photograph by Trevor Moran.
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Mikey Wright, morning crack at Duranbah. Photograph by Trevor Moran.
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Certain regions of Australia have a knack for creating both terrifying waves and the type of surfer who’s willing to risk serious bodily harm to ride them—elements equally on display in this photo of local Brett Burcher by Steve Wall.
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Balaram Stack, Pipeline, 2018. Photo by Trevor Moran.
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Robin Kegel, leaning into a Basque Country peeler. Photo by Thomas Lodin.
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John John Florence, Japan. "The late drop is one of surfing’s most intense sensations," says photographer Nathan Lawrence, "but it’s always lost in the hindsight of everything that happens next."
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Nathan Fletcher, point of no return. Phantoms, North Shore, winter 2009/10. Photograph by Hank.
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Tommy Witt in the Antilles, with Justin Quintal scrambling the autofocus. Photo by Chris Klopf.
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“Davy Jones, party of one...”: Rodrigo Reinoso abandons his futile scramble for the vertex and accepts his fate indiscriminately dealt by Teahupoo. Photograph by Jon Aspuru. Pulled from TSJ 32.2's Undercurrents.
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Lip augmentation by Craig Anderson. Photo by Nick Green.
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Baja surf check, 1985. Photo by Larry "Flame" Moore.
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Indo glass-off. Photo by Pete Frieden.
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Photographer Ben Thouard’s first attempt at shooting lineups from his paraglider on an evening ride over Tahiti in 2010.
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Unidentified, bucked over the boil, 1976. Photograph by Jeff Divine.
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Will Skudin, Nazaré, 2018. "It's the hardest place to shoot," says photographer Derek Dunfee. "There's no channel, no real lineup. It's complete chaos."
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"A typical California beachbreak on its day," says photographer Chris Burkard. "You travel around the world, and come home to realize it’s all here. This was just one of those rare days when it all came together, especially for this unidentified guy getting the wave of his life."
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John John Florence, mid-sear at Rocky Point. Photograph by Grant Ellis.
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Pipeline 1974. "There were dozens of competent surfers living within walking distance of Pipeline, many of whom remained unknown," says photographer Jeff Divine. "We called them 'neighborhood nobodies.'"
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Dane Reynolds, Mexico, 2011. “Dane had just healed from an ankle injury so he jumped on this trip at the last minute," says photographer Jimmicane, "which turned an already-good crew into a great crew.”
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Avalon traffic, circa 1961. Photo by Ron Perrott.
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Harrison Roach, leaning into a late afternoon Alaskan barrel. Photo by Chris Burkard.
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View from the cornucopia. Photo by Nathaniel Harrington.
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"Ryan Callinan and I surfed a crazy barreling right in Indo all morning, and sailed around the corner and surfed this wave in the afternoon," says photographer Duncan Macfarlane.
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Shaun Manners, steel-nerved in West Oz. Photo by Kim Feast.
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For all the rides—and everything else—they've given us, happy Mother's Day. Kelia Moniz Termini and son, on a pacifying slide. Photo by Yoshi Tanaka.
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Mick Fanning, burning speed with a late afternoon rail-grab in Indonesia. Photograph by Andrew Buckley.
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"It's moments like this," says photographer Geoff Ragatz, "in a place far away from home, where there's no interference from anyone or anything save for the sounds of a peeling pointbreak, that reminds me how fortunate we truly are as surfers."
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Hayashi Kenta lends a bit of human scale in Japan. Photograph by Scott Bailey.
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Dillon Perillo, sure-footed and ideally placed for an Indonesian horseshoe. Photo by Nate Lawrence.
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July's edition of The High Line is dropping soon, featuring TSJ 32.1 Page One subject Shaun Manners' "Cult of Freedom" part, lunar tunes, surf prose, ephemera, and more. Hit the link to make sure our monthly newsletter lands in your inbox soon.
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"The cliffs down the coast from where I live are ancient and unique, even for Australia," says photographer Ed Sloane. "It’s one of the most beautiful places to go surfing in the world, I think."
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Herbie Fletcher plies his half-century trade in the Trestles zone. The thrill, as it turns out, is still here. Photo by Tom Servais.
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Dion Agius, dry docking on a French beach. Photo by DJ Struntz.
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From the region that brought you Pelé and Fittipaldi, Paulista Gabriel Medina sacked the world surfing circuit with stone faced equanimity. Hit the link to read "Pulling Guard," author Adrian Kojin's profile of Medina.
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Indonesian Made Switra, right at home. Photo by Jason Childs.
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Photographer Tom Carey and surfer Imaikalani deVault found this fresh swell too north for their go-to Maui setup. Luckily, this substitute nook offered brief opportunities for single-hit slams, and was rich in mood, lighting, and background.
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Margo Oberg, Sunset, late '70s, preparing to pull up into the eye of the storm. From TSJ 12.2.
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John John Florence, taking a chunk out of Trestles' coping. Photograph by Ryan Miller.
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Sand-bottomed solitaire in the land of red, white, and green. Photo by Mark Kronemeyer.
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Mikala Jones, Andaman Islands, 2002. Photograph by Art Brewer.
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Slipping under the radar. Photo by Kenny Hurtado.
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Surf check with JJ Wessels. Photo by Tin Ojeda. Pulled from TSJ 24.2's "Triple X."
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When the anchor can't drop fast enough. Photo by Mark Kronemeyer.
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Torren Martyn, into the wind in Iceland. Photograph by Ted Grambeau.
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“Thoughts of this volcano keep me up at night,” says photographer Chris Burkard. “So when it popped out briefly [from the clouds], I begged the boys to paddle back out. They surfed until 9 o’clock, bodies aching and tired.” Parker Coffin finds the magic frame.
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“Bringing a frame into images creates a sense of being there,” says photographer Nick LaVechhia, “no matter where you are.”
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"I was digging the light and the bombie sets," says photographer Mike Findlay. "So I ventured up the point to escape the glare. Ketut and Dragon, two G-Land staffers, walked out for their afternoon break to net-fish. It just came together."
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At the end of a Mainland Mexico road, 1964. Photo by Leo Hetzel.
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Greg Long, artfully negotiating a misplaced step. Photo by Al Mackinnon.
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“At a certain swell height,” says Phil Goodrich, “around 8 feet, Macaronis stops getting taller and begins to just get thicker.” Photo by Andy Potts.
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Kelly Slater, G-Land, 2008. “Kelly, Shane Dorian, and I took a helicopter from Bali,” says photographer Jason Childs. “When we got there, the tide got low, the swell filled in, and Speedies lit up. Kelly was riding a 6'4" while everyone else was riding 7'6"s.”
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George Greenough, putting theory into practice, 1974. “I used to have the whole sequence from this wave,” says photographer Steve Bissell. “This is the only slide that survived the fire.”
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"Jayce Robinson is one of Britain’s most technically proficient surfers," says photographer Al Mackinnon. "This was right at the end of a somewhat tricky session on a British slab. We hadn’t got much until this point."
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Derrick Disney, taking the low road in Baja. Photograph by Kenny Hurtado.
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Bruce Irons, Keramas. "I hadn’t seen much of Bruce’s surfing for a couple years before he paddled out that afternoon," says photographer Laserwolf. "But his style is so natural that every frame from this session was a keeper. He never disappoints."
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Jamie Sterling, Chile. "A wild day, really foggy and dark with a lot of swell in the water," recalls photographer Tyler Cuddy. "We were kind of bored with this other wave Jamie had been surfing, so we drove around and found this."
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Terry Fitzgerald's quiver, circa December 1975. Every element of his trip in this era was designed to stop viewers in their tracks. His balls-to-wall surfing kept it all grounded and thoroughly legitimate. Photo by Jeff Divine.
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Peter Haines laying it way out on a David Kahanamoku/Ben Aipa-inspired woodcore stinger skimboard, circa 1978. Photo courtesy of Tex Haines.
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The August edition of our monthly newsletter is set to drop, featuring "Glad You Scored," the latest flick by Dane Reynolds and his Chapter 11 acolytes. Hit the link to see more and to make sure The High Line lands in your inbox tomorrow.
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Jordy Smith, taking a chunk out of the coping in Mexico. Photo by Jan Bijl.
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"I shot this North African stack from about a mile away," says photographer Corey Wilson. "I ran up the mountain for the angle, screaming at the top of my lungs. The waves were that good."
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A sheltered corner from outside maelstrom. Photo by Cory Scott.
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Those of a certain vintage invariably connect with John John Florence’s lines of dance. After all, there’s very few surfers capable of conjuring a Phil Edwards drop-knee turn at-speed on modern equipage. Photograph by Pete Frieden.
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Mason Ho at The Eddie, Waimea Bay, 2016. "I didn’t get out of the water for eight hours," says photographer Zak Noyle. "The event hadn’t happened for seven years and who knew when it could happen again. It's such an honor to be a part of it, and I wasn’t going to miss a second."
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“There’s no such thing as retirement," said Nathan Fletcher in TSJ 23.5. "It’s more like trying to be there on the days and participate and go home safely...But other people have their intentions and that’s fine too, you know?" Photo by Brian Bielmann.
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Mason Ho, pulling the handbrake in Indo. Photo by Pete Frieden.
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Ben Macartney, Sydney, Australia. “The banks had been pushed out so far past the reef that the takeoff was in line with the cemetery,” says photographer Bill Morris.
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Teahupoo, Tahiti, 2015. “High noon and not a breath of wind,” says photographer Kirvan Baldassari, “I’ve never witnessed a session at Teahupoo—or anywhere else, for that matter—that was as glassy and crystal clear.”
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"I shot this while walking back to the car after taking a piss," says SA Rips. "Ellis Ericson caught the wave before the one here, and I saw him through the window. I thought it was a cool angle, so I stayed there and snapped the next wave, which was this one of Beau Foster."
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South African Shaun Payne with speed to bleed in Morocco. Photo by Alan van Gysen.
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Impressionist movement by Dave Rastovich. Photo by Josh Kimball.
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Jordy Smith, leaning in while heading out. Durban, South Africa. Photograph by Luke Patterson.
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"The bodyboarders were all really stoked to see Kelly Slater paddling this day," says photographer Todd Glaser. "They enjoyed having him at their wave on an equal playing field. In turn, they gave him the benefit of the doubt on some really heavy, really critical waves."
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Ben Smith and a surging West Oz end bowl. Photo by Kim Feast.
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Dino Andino, Puerto Rico, 1988. Photo by Tony Arruza.
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Nate Tyler's end-of-ride punctuation. Photograph by Teddy Miller.
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”I shot this Moroccan stack from about a mile away with a long lens,” says photographer Corey Wilson. ”I ran up the mountain for the angle, screaming at the top of my lungs. The waves were that good.” Pulled from TSJ 26.1.
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Wilem Banks, driving a knife into a North Atlantic slab. Photograph by Al Mackinnon.
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Over the course of his film career, Bruce Brown recorded some of surfing’s most indelible moments—like Greg Noll falling from the sky on an absolute bomb at Waimea Bay.
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