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60 Years Ahead
We had a whole plan for this year. Funny, right? Surfer's 60 year anniversary volume was going to be filled with stories nodding to SURFER’s past, with cover concepts paying homage to the magazine’s most iconic imagery. Our new Page One depicts something that’s never happened in surfing before, let alone on a prior SURFER cover. And our table of contents was completely scrapped and replaced as we reacted to the fizzing, sparking, roiling world around us. In other words, 2020 happened to SURFER, just like it happened to you.
![A Few Things We Got Horribly Wrong](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/3286/528033/5f96793863c39/crp_Surf-Surfer-magazine-Surfing-Van-Bastolear-Alec-Cooke-Shaun-Tomson-Bruce-Jenkins.jpg)
A Few Things We Got Horribly Wrong
You don’t make 60 years of magazines without dropping some balls. Here are a few
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THE LGBTQ+ WAVE
Surf culture has a long history of marginalizing the LGBTQ+ community, but a new generation of queer surfers is working to change that
![For Generations to Come](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/3286/528033/5f967a295dba9/crp_For-Generations-to-Come.jpg)
For Generations to Come
Rockaway’s Lou Harris is spreading the stoke to Black youth and leading surfers in paddling out for racial justice
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Christina Koch, 41
Texas surfer, NASA astronaut, record holder for the longest continuous spaceflight by a woman
![END TIMES FOR PRO SURFING](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/3286/528033/5f967cfb4de81/crp_END-TIMES-FOR-PRO-SURFING.jpg)
END TIMES FOR PRO SURFING
By the time the pandemic is done reshaping the world, will the World Tour still have a place in it?
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CHANGING OF THE GUARD
After decades of exclusive access to Hollister Ranch, the most coveted stretch of California coast is finally going public
![What They Don't Tell You](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/3286/528033/5f968d517a7e1/crp_What-They-Dont-Tell-You.jpg)
What They Don't Tell You
How does becoming a mother affect your surfing life?
Four Things to Make You Feel A Little Less Shitty About Everything
Helpful reminders for the quarantine era
![The Art of Being Seen](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/3286/452927/5ebe97584a827/crp_The-Art-of-Being-Seen.jpg)
The Art of Being Seen
How a group of black women are finding creative ways to make diversity in surfing more visible
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Surftech
Everyday surfers weigh in on Surftech’s newest models, and the Best of the Test was the “Untitled” by Haydenshapes
![THE PERFECT STORM](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/3286/452927/5ebea5483e1f1/crp_THE-PERFECT-STORM.jpg)
THE PERFECT STORM
The Brazilian Storm cracked the code to competitive surfing dominance, but Brazil’s next generation faces an uncertain forecast
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WARRIORS OF THE BIGHT
In beating back Big Oil, the misfit crew of surfers behind the Fight for the Bight have done more than save Australia’s southern coast—they’ve created a movement for bigger fights to come
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Shane Dorian, 47
Father, hunter, one of the best ever in waves 2-feet to 60. Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
A WORLD AWAY
Traveling, surfing and escaping in the time of Coronavirus
SECOND COMING
After a series of near-career-ending injuries, former aerial innovator Wade Goodall finds new ways to channel his erratic creativity with his film “Pentacoastal”
SONS OF THE REVOLUTION
Fifty years ago, the Shortboard Revolution saw the most radical design shifts in the history of surfcraft. Today, that same experimental spirit is alive and well in the surfing and shaping approaches of Torren Martyn and Simon Jones
![Jodie Cooper, 55](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/3286/412414/5e73791c411a8/crp_Jodie-Cooper-55.jpg)
Jodie Cooper, 55
First Openly-Gay World Tour Surfer, Big-Wave Charger, Assault Survivor, Zero-Shit Taker North Coast, New South Wales
![When Surfing Isn't Enough](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/3286/376687/5db187b72b487/crp_When-Surfing-Isnt-Enough.jpg)
When Surfing Isn't Enough
Surfing seems like it should be a salve for mental health problems, so what happens when it isn’t?
![The Kids Of Queens](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/3286/376687/5db1923336a62/crp_The-Kids-Of-Queens.jpg)
The Kids Of Queens
In the birthplace of modern surfing, a young crop of Waikiki surfers who call themselves “The Grom Squad” are redefining Hawaiian style and taking the longboarding world by storm
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Surf Media's Grom-In-Chief
Those who think print is dead have never met Tanner Bromberg, the Hawaiian surfer who edited and published a grom-focused surf magazine when she was only 8 years old
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Wisdom - Peter Schroff, 65
Shaper, artist, philosopher San Pedro, California
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Scions Of Style
From classical trims to punk-inspired punts, these six young aesthetes are drawing some of the most interesting lines of surfing’s new generation
![A Podcast for Shred Heads, Wax Heads, Kooks and Barnies](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/3286/361224/5d498a850a35c/crp_Surfing-Aint-That-Swell-Podcast-Jed-Smith-Vaughan-Blakey.jpg)
A Podcast for Shred Heads, Wax Heads, Kooks and Barnies
Ain’t That Swell co-hosts Jed Smith and Vaughan Blakey discuss their wildly funny and utterly Australian audio episodic
![Going Off Script](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/3286/195823/585e59ce8d3cf/crp_Going-Off-Script.jpg)
Going Off Script
Matt Wilkinson’s transformation from party boy to world-title contender proves that competitive surfing today is more unpredictable than ever.
![At Your Own Risk: Finding Waves In Dangerous Waters](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/3286/113092/55bfbb7bde207/At-Your-Own-Risk-Finding-Waves-In-Dangerous-Waters.jpg)
At Your Own Risk: Finding Waves In Dangerous Waters
Reconciling the perfect waves and terrifying truths of Runion Island's shark-laden coast.
![Alternate Origins - Surfing In Morotai, Indonesia](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/3286/120168/55db678226eec/Alternate-Origins-Surfing-In-Morotai-Indonesia.jpg)
Alternate Origins - Surfing In Morotai, Indonesia
In the vacuum of an isolated Indonesian island, a different kind of surf culture has taken shape.
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Spirit Animal
For Dane Gudauskas, relentless optimism and unbridled enthusiasm aren’t affectations; they are the key to surfing fulfillment
![Return of The Patron](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/3286/190941/581070157678f/crp_Return-of-The-Patron.jpg)
Return of The Patron
How one of Central America’s premier surf destinations became the object of a bitter, decades-long land dispute
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Brave New Coral
Human activity has wreaked havoc on coral reefs around the world. Now, under the threat of climate change, coral’s best chance for survival may be human creativity.