We founded Surfer Magazine in 1960 with a mission: to bring our readers a slice of the entire surfing world with each issue. And for over four decades, we've made good on that promise. Every issue of Surfer is packed with spectacular award-winning photos, provocative interviews with the leading pros, and journeys to the coolest undiscovered surf spots. With your order you'll get the Annual Oversized Issue, the Buyer's Guide, and the Hot 100, featuring the world's best new surfers.
Sixty Years of Escape
#WeOweYouASetWave • Our deepest thanks to all of the surfers working on the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic
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Santa Cruz, California
Shane Dorian, 47 • Father, hunter, one of the best ever in waves 2-feet to 60 Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
Surftech • Everyday surfers weigh in on Surftech’s newest models, and the Best of the Test was the “Untitled” by Haydenshapes
RS Surf Co • Everyday surfers weigh in on RS Surf Co’s newest models, and the Best of the Test was the “Musubi”
The Art of Being Seen • How a group of black women are finding creative ways to make diversity in surfing more visible
Four Things to Make You Feel A Little Less Shitty About Everything • Helpful reminders for the quarantine era
Hydro Series Boardshorts
A WORLD AWAY • Traveling, surfing and escaping in the time of Coronavirus
the greatest escape • Musings on what surfing means to us in trying times
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
THE PERFECT STORM • The Brazilian Storm cracked the code to competitive surfing dominance, but Brazil’s next generation faces an uncertain forecast
Lower Trestles, California
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