No photos or video clips? No Encyclopedia. That's the simple truth. First round of cheers goes out to all the filmmakers and photographers who so generously turned us on to their best stuff, starting with, but not limited to, Art Brewer, Jeff Divine, John Severson, Taylor Steele, Bruce Brown, Kai Neville, Ron Stoner, Bill Delaney, the Bielmann boys, Dan Merkel, Chris Burkard, Doc Ball, Greg MacGillivray, Jim Freeman, Flame, Rob Gilley, LeRoy Grannis, Pete Taras, Rick Griffin, Ron Church, Don James, Ryan Miller, Tom Servais, Stacy Peralta, Thomas Campbell, Todd Glaser, Paul Witzig, Alan Gibby, Alan van Gysen, Andrew Chisholm, Andy McAlpine, Bev Morgan, Bob Evans, Brian Bleak, Alan Rich, Alby Falzon, Andrew Kidman, Bernie Baker, Bill Ballard, Bob Weeks, Brad Barrett, Bruce Usher, Chris Bystrom, Chris Malloy, Craig Peterson, Cyrus Sutton, Darrell Jones, David Sumpter, Rod Sumpter, Dick Hoole, Chris Klopf, Clarence Maki, Craig Fineman, Curt Mastalka, Dale Davis, Dana Brown, Dave Darling, Dick Graham, Dick Meseroll, Don King, Drew Kampion, Frant Pithers, Grant Ellis, Greg Huglin, Greg Noll, Greg Weaver, Hal Jepsen, Hugh McLeod, Jack Eden, James Cassimus, Jason Childs, Eric Nelson, Gary Capo, Grant Rohloff, Greg Schell, Guy Motil, Hank Foto, Ira Opper, James Fulbright, Jason Kenworthy, Jason Murray, Jeff Neu, Joe McGovern, John Elwell, John Larronde, John Witzig, Josh Pomer, Kristin Scholtz, Larry Lindberg, Leo Hetzel, Jeremiah Klein, Jimmy Wilson, Joe Quigg, John Hitchcock, Jon Frank, Lance Trout, Larry Pope, Leonard Brady, Matt Gye, Mike Balzer, Patrick Trefz, Peter Crawford, Peter French, Pierre Tostee, Rick Doyle, Ron Perrott, Mike Moir, Paul Sargeant, Peter Brouillet, Peter Dive, Roberto Moura, Ron Romanowsky, Scott Dittrich, Sean Davey, Sky Rondenet, Steve Sherman, Steve Spaulding, Sylvain Cazenave, Tim Bonython, Tom Blake, Sean Collins, Simone Reddingius, Spyder Wills, Steve Core, Steve Soderberg, Tom Dugan, Tom Keck, Tony Arruza, Walt Phillips, Wes Brown, Yassine Ouhilal, Vince Cavataio, Warren Bolster, and Will Lucas.

Thanks to my agent, Wendy Burton-Brouws, who magically secured the digital rights to EOS, way back in 2009.

To the Kickstarter saints, who believed in EOS enough to donate at it back when the whole deal was just a few rough-sketch PDFs and a shaky business plan—you guys got us out of the starting blocks with a bang, thank you again and again.

Justin Housman has been onboard since mid-2011 and has somehow managed to be both giddily enthusiastic and endlessly patient. An amazing person. Let’s see how long I can keep Justin once better offers start rolling in. “Better” as in “paid.”

Ryan Mahar designed the site. I’ve been looking at it every day for almost two years, and the sexy never fades.

Lots of people had their hands in the EOS machinery. Thanks to Patrick Hourihan, Elijah Shepard, Travis Totts, and Barry Sevig. Building things from code is a strange and wonderful black art. There are wizards among you.

Thanks to past and present EOS board members: Steve Cummings, Ross Garrett, Mike Matz, and Jeff Hall.

SURFER Magazine has been riding shotgun on my surfing life since 1968. Reader, subscriber, fanboy, contributor, critic, employee, backroom advisor—this has been a long, deep, satisfying relationship. I'd very much enjoy lining up all my SURFER favorites and serving each one a glass of champagne, beginning with John Severson and ending with current editor Brendon Thomas.

Lewis Samuels has been offering me gold-plated advice for the past five or so years. PostSurf, now that I think about it, was one of the big inspirations for EOS online.

For reasons big and small, tangible and ineffable, my sincere thanks to Claudia Sole, Jeremy Sterling, Steve and Debbee Pezman, Christian Anthony, Joel Paterson, Nathan Myers, Marcus Sanders, Steve Helig and Lili Malabed.

Finally, thanks beyond measure, beyond words, to my immediate family: Michael Warshaw, Mimi Kalland, Chris Warshaw, and most of Jodi and Teddy Warshaw. EOS is built on your love.

ENTER THE LAND OF 1,000 THANK-YOUS

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