THE BIG ISSUE IS COMING
Inside SURFER'S 2009 Big Issue With Editor Joel Patterson
Reinforce the newsstands of the world and prepare to distribute Advil to mailmen everywhere, because SURFER’s annual Big Issue is on its way! It’s big (almost twice the size of a regular issue), it’s thick (300+ pages), and it’s an entire summer worth of beach reading packed into one “big” package.
50 Greatest Surfers, Ever
With our 50th Anniversary coming up in January of 2010, we thought it an opportune time to reflect on the people who laid the foundations of modern surfing. To create the list of the 50 Greatest, we asked legendary surfers, journalists, and industry insiders to cast ballots for the surfers who inspired them in the water. We then asked them to profile each other, and the result is a fascinating window into the pantheon of surfing greatness, from Duke to Dane.
Special 4 Cover Series
Because the Big Issue profiles 50 surfers from all eras of the sport, we couldn’t pick just one person from one generation for the cover...instead, we chose four influential surfers in their primes. You’ll have to wait to see who we chose. Collect them all, send us a photo and you could win a limited edition framed cover.
...So Much More
Beyond the 50 Greatest, the Big Issue goes global, spanning the seven seas in search of surf. We follow Rob Machado and Clay Marzo on a Peruvian surf strike, we pull back the curtain on Ireland’s emerging big-wave-charging generation, and we think deep thoughts about Mainland Mexico. There’s also a huge photo gallery...literally huge.
Bigger is better,
Joel
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READER COMMENTS
Mon Jun22, 2009, 3:33 PM
Best 50 surfers? Vince Collier, Richard Schmidt, Bob Pearson, Ward Coffey, Kevin Reed, Bud Miller, Mark Machado, Marcell Soros, Chris Gallegher, Adam Replogle, Flea Virotsko, and Jay Moriarty from Santa Cruz—and the best of the rest of the world.
Tue Jun23, 2009, 5:00 PM
Flea? Vince? LOL!
Wed Jun24, 2009, 2:15 PM
yea! shaun tomson rabbit mr reno edi garry lopez ian kelly shane dorian dan maloy skip plea mark foo tod chesser roni burns tom curan tomcarrol robert joel bunga gamboa richard marsh me... god bless surfer mag and the tribe of surfers
Mon Jul20, 2009, 2:51 AM
I'm not qualified to name the fifty greatest, but basically all of the world champs (even PT) should make it...A bunch of former groms from San Clemente and will someone...ANYONE, please please give Butch Van Artsdalen his due...Does surfing switch perfectly at Pipe, Waimea and Makaha in the late 50's\ early 60's on old fashioned logs mean anything? How about being Pipe's first master? He's the only surfer from that era who had the skill of T. Curren or Slater...No offense to Hemmings, P. Curren, Dora, G Knoll and the legend Phil Edwards...Admittedly, Phil had better foot work and was probably better in small surf.
Mon Aug24, 2009, 11:28 PM
Ronnie Burns, Rory Russell, Gerry Lopez, MR, Tom Curren, Slater, Irons Occy, Cordel" Cordy", Tom Corral,Rob Munchado, Class act everyone of them.