A-frame

Aaberg, Denny

Aaberg, Kemp

Abberton, Koby

Abbruzzi, Sid

Abellira, Reno

Abubo, Megan

academia and surfing

Adler, Tom

advertising and surfing

Aeder, Erik

aerial

Aguerre, Fernando

Aichner, Scott

Aikau, Clyde

Aikau, Eddie

Aipa, Ben

air-drop

airbrush

Airshow

Ala Moana

Alabama

alaia board

Alaska

alcohol and surfing

Alexander, Kala

Alexandre, João (Dapin)

Allen, Chuck

Alms, Paige

aloha shirt

Alter, Hobie

Alvarez, Pepe

Ancell, Kevin

Andaman Islands

Andersen, Lisa

Anderson, Craig

Anderson, Simon

Andino, Kolohe

Angel, Jose

angle

Angola

Angourie

Antarctica

Apocalypse Now

Arabian Sea

Aragon, Janice

Arakawa, Eric

Archbold, Matt

Arena, Eduardo

Ashton, Juan

Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP)

Atlantic Ocean

August, Robert

Aurness, Rolf

Auster, Ken

Australia

Avalon, Frankie

Azores

backdoor

backside

backside attack, Pipeline

backwash

bail out

Bain, Rob

Baja California

Baker, Bernie

Baker, Grant “Twiggy”

Baker, Tim

Bali

Ball, John “Doc”

Ballard, Bill

Ballard, Rochelle

balsa

Baltic Sea

Banks, Jim

Barbados

Barilotti, Steve

Barland, Michel

Barreda, Sergio “Gordo”

Barry, Michael

Bartholomew, Wayne

Baxter, Jackie

Bay of Bengal

Beach Boys, The

Beacham, Debbie

beachboys

beachbreak

Beachcomber Bills Grand Prix

Beachley, Layne

beavertail

Becker, Phil

Bedford-Brown, Stuart

Belgium

Bells Beach

Bendall, Ma and Pa

Bennett, Barry

Benson, Becky

Benson, Blanche

Benson, Linda

Bermuda

High-end magazine geared toward adult surfers, published six times a year out of San Clemente, California; sometimes referred to as the "National Geographic of surfing."

Founded by Steve and Debbee Pezman, who also serve as the magazine's copublishers, the 

 debuted in 1992. Steve had been the publisher of

 magazine from 1971 to 1991; his wife-to-be Debbee Bradley was 

 was conceived and developed as a glossy high-end quarterly with a strict limit on advertising (four advertisers in the early issues, six in later issues), with the idea that readers would pay a premium newsstand rate of $12.95 for a mature, low-hype periodical.

 alum, gave the journal a spacious, elegant look that instantly set the magazine apart from the busy design found in other surf magazines of the period. Columns were kept to a minimum; surf contests were ignored entirely; the number of action photos were reduced to make room for a broader range of surf imagry. Feature articles, including profiles and interviews, travel stories, and photographer portfolios, were often given exhaustive treatment—the 40,000-word "Animal Tracks" profile on 1966 world champion Nat Young ate up 45 pages in a 130-page issue—and the often solemn-voiced magazine switched back and forth from historical to contemporary pieces. The 

 was also the first publication to divide its coverage more or less equally between longboarding and shortboarding.

Durable surf writer Drew Kampion was early on a frequent contributor to the Journal, as were Craig Stecyk, Paul Gross, Sam George, Ben Marcus, Matt Warshaw, Gerry Lopez, and Chris Ahrens. Notable contributors in the 2010s have included Lewis Samuels, Alex Wilson, Nathan Myers, and Chas Smith.

The Pezmans have maintained a small staff and kept overhead down, which has allowed the 

 to become a modest but steady commercial success, despite a circulation much less than that of

 photo editor Jeff Divine was hired in 1998, and 

 editor Scott Hulet came aboard the following year; as of early 2015, both were still holding down the masthead. Continuity has been a 

 hallmark, and after two decades the magazine has only slightly altered its look and voice. The 

 remains one of the last independently owned surf glossies.

, a 12-part documentary series that aired on Outdoor Life Network; 

 has also produced a series of lavishly illustrated coffee-table books, including

 (2001). Other magazines have followed the 

's high-price, low-ad-page model, including New Zealand's 

circulation in 2014 was 26,000. Newsstand price was up to $15.95. The staff numbered 16, about half of whom are full time.

Surfer's Journal magazine, The

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