On the cover: Kainehe Hunt finds room to stretch amid the backwash chaos on an otherwise picture-postcard afternoon in Hawaii.
The issue’s inner workings offer a far-and-wide trip in era, avenue, and geography: Smugglers laying down the original tracks at a famed Indonesian reef pass. The Southern California showdown between a sitting US President and a surf culture-maker. A written portrait of one of the world tour’s all-time leading proponents of surf progression. Modern exploration in a harsh, boom-or-bust European sea. High-action photography from one of the world’s most wave-rich regions. 30.3 is fully composed from end to end.
What's inside?
BLACK SHEEP DNA - Shane Beschen spent his professional surfing career raging against complacency. Today, the SoCal firebrand turned North Shore kama‘āina finds plenty left on tap through a blend of family and business ventures. By Beau Flemister
FORTUNE FAVORS THE BOLD - Grajagan’s legitimate origin story finally comes to light. By Mike Ritter & Jack McCoy
GIN JOINT - Treading the line in Morocco. By Jerome Sahyoun & Bastien Bonnarme
FLORSHEIMS IN THE SAND - In 1969, Richard Nixon moved next door to Surfer-founder John Severson. The newly elected president saw the Western White House as a seaside retreat. Sevo saw a story. The San Clemente beach wasn’t big enough for the both of them. By Drew Kampion
PORTFOLIO: KIM FEAST - Finding equilibrium behind the lens in the untamed wilderness of Western Australia. Introduction by Brett Mitchell
WHAT’S A CORNISHMAN TO DO? - An interview with artist Danny Fox. By Jim Newitt
FROM THAT FIRST WAVE - Artist DJ Javier infuses the surf with the street. By Ethan Stewart
OUTLINING THE EXPERIENCE -How physical templates map a surfboard’s very genome. By Ben Waldron
THE BALTIC HEART - Questing for Valhalla with Swedish surfer Freddie Meadows. By Jamie Currie
ESSAY: MELT THAT CLOCK - Time is money, as they say, but it’s really worth even more. That’s where surfing comes in. By Norris Eppes
UNDERCURRENTS - The issue’s departments fold leads off with our life’s topic plastered against the most famous skyline on Earth. For all of Hollywood’s faults and missteps when it comes to surfing, at least they got this one to scale.
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