October 2012

Sneak Peek: In This Issue

• The Eightfold Path to a Simpler Surf Life:

• I. Identifty

  Lewis Samuels explains the modern dilemma.

• II. Accept

  Brad Melekian on the fallacy of “simplicity.”

• III. Inspire

  Four surfers who prove that surfing can be at the center of your life, regardless of circumstance.

• IV. Remember

  Do you fantasize about a simpler time in surfing? Take off the rose-colored glasses. The “Golden Era” never ended.

• V. Appreciate

  We obsess over perfect waves in distant lands, but it’s our home breaks that made us the surfers we are.

• VI. Understand

  Simple explanations for insanely difficult maneuvers.

• VII. Overcome

  Confronting the Tahitian rite of passage.

• VIII. Relax

  Bliss is only a swell away.