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Summary: The best surf magazine around
Comment: 12 bucks is a lot to pay for a magazine. However, I often plunk down the money at the newsstand because: the photos are gorgeous, there are no cheescake ads, and the interviews are engaging and feature people like shapers, innovators, and others to whom surfing is a facet of an interesting and off-beat life. I would give the magazine 5 stars if they featured more articles about women on a regular basis.
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Summary: Excellent gift for your favorite surfer
Comment: My surfer boyfriend reads this mag cover to cover every issue. Great gift because it's a bit expensive & something he probably wouldn't spring for. Very few ads, the pics are magnificent & articles are interesting even to a non-surfer such as myself. He loves it & saves every issue.
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Summary: Surf Rag as Art Revue: It works!!!
Comment: This is 'surfer' magazine for grown-ups (present owner-editor is, in fact, the past editor of 'Surfer' when, in my opinion it was at its best). Printed on heavy stock using the finest printing techniques makes this more of a coffee table magazine than a heavily thumbed through surf rag because of its unbelievably beautiful photographs and text. Specializes in extended essays about early surf pioneers, iconic surf figures (shapers, surfers, characters) from surfing's glory days, and heavily photographed surfari's. This is definitely the kind of magazine that one stores away after reading in order to have another look in a few years time. The magazine began to take commercial ads a couple of years ago which is a shame, but I suppose an economic necessity. For this reason and because the editors have failed to have their mailing envelopes printed with the warning 'DO NOT BEND,' which results in a permanently bent magazine after it has been shoved through the mail slot, I rate it only four stars. If the Do Not Bend warning ever gets placed on its envelopes, the magazine rates a great big bright 5 stars!
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Summary: A beautifully photographed surf journal that you'll save
Comment: This is THE magazine for gorgeous surf photos and inspiring articles. The price may seem steep, but it will seem like a bargain once you see this beautifully produced, high quality magazine with almost no advertising at all (they have a few ads near the back, but nothing like "normal" surf mags.) The magazines are created to be read, as well as collected, with amazing surf photography and articles. They even come in a large envelope to protect the cover from abuse in the mail (plus, they never sticker the front of the magazine, another collector's bonus.) It's not another flashy, ad supported publication - it's an artistically and surf oriented collection of articles and photography from around the world. This is a magazine for surfers, friends of surfers, photography junkies and artists alike. It is the definitive surf publication.
