The Surfer’s Journal - 34.2 5-fin allowing for a very tight

allowing for a very tight turning radius

This medium template is well balanced for everyday surfing conditions—the larger side fins that will generate plenty of speed while the smaller trailer fin will give you release when you need it

Things are looking up

& quick and easy tail release

Microfiber bag

The Surfer’s Journal - 34.2 5-fin allowing for a very tightMeta view of a Mentawai Islands lineup. That boat is where you would typically anchor to surf and shoot, says photographer John Barton. But I was farther down the coast at another spot, scanning through a long lens to see if it was getting better elsewhere. In this issue, we roll up to Santa Barbara for an audience with an outspoken former surf star, slide along with a Japanese logger, patrol Namibias coast to free entangled sea mammals, view a surf