Surfer magazine
Flagship surf magazine published monthly out of San Juan Capistrano, California, founded in 1960 by surfer-artist-filmmaker John Severson; the longest continuously published surf magazine, and sometimes referred to as the "Bible of the sport."
Severson was a high school teacher with two surf films to his credit when he began to write and design The Surfer, a 36-page, black-and-white, horizontally formatted marketing piece for Surf Fever, his third movie. He sold 5,000 copies, enough to convi...
Encyclopedia of Surfing
- Baker, Bernie
- Barbour, Bob
- Barilotti, Steve
- Bolster, Warren
- Brady, Leonard
- Burkard, Chris
- Callahan, John Seaton
- Canham, Jeff
- Carson, David
- Childs, Jason
- Church, Ron
- Cleary, Bill
- Collins, Sean
- Crawford, Peter
- Dana Point
- de Rosnay, Joel
- de Souza, Adriano
- Eckert, Ned (JJ Moon)
- Eggers, David
- Ellis, Grant
- Falconer, Neridah
- Fantasy Surfer
- George, Matt
- George, Sam
- Grambeau, Ted
- Griffin, Rick
- Harbour, Rich
- Hawk, Steve
- Hornbaker, Jeff
- Hynd, Derek
- Irons, Andy
- Jarratt, Phil
- Kaluhiokalani, Montgomery "Buttons"
- Kampion, Drew
- Keck, Tom
- King, Don
- Klopf, Chris
- Lassen, Chris
- MacAulay, Dave
- Marcus, Ben
- McLeod, Hugh
- Merrill, Linda
- Mignogna, Bob
- Moir, Mike
- Murphy
- Naughton, Kevin
- Opper, Ira
- Parmenter, Dave
- Peterson, Craig
- Pezman, Steve
- Pope, Larry
- Riddle, J
- Servais, Tom
- Severson, John
- Spencer, Sterling
- Stoner, Ron
- surf Nazi
- Surfer Poll Awards
- Surfer Video Awards
- Surfer's Journal magazine, The
- Surfing magazine
- Sutherland, Mark
- Van Dyke, Fred
- Van Hamersveld, John
- Warshaw, Matt
- Williams, John "Wheels"
- Witzig, John
History of Surfing
Interviews
Blog
- SPECIAL DELIVERY: JOCK SUTHERLAND’S LETTERS TO SURFER MAGAZINE, 1969 to 1990
- “THE HIGH PERFORMERS ANSWER AUSTRALIA,” SURFER, MAY 1967
- “WE’RE TOPS NOW,” BY JOHN WITZIG
- “THE HIGH PERFORMERS,” BY BILL CLEARY
- RON STONER’S VANISHING POINT: AN ORAL HISTORY
- DREW KAMPION: “1969: WHEN THE SMOKE CLEARED”
- EVERY SURFBOARD AD FROM FIRST ISSUE OF “SURFER”
- JOHN SEVERSON: TRIBUTE TO THE SUN KING
- MAG WARS ’67—SURFING OUT-COOLS SURFER!
- DOES THIS DONUT SMELL FUNNY? SURF PRANKS I HAVE LOVED
- MIKE SALISBURY: “YOU HAD TO BE COOL TO KEEP FROM BEING KILLED BY THE COOL GUYS”
- SURF BUNNY, GET THEE BEHIND ME!
- CONFESSIONS OF A SURFER MAG “HOT 100” BACKLISTER
- DEREK HYND: THE SHARPEST WIT, THE CLEANEST FEET
- INTERVIEW: DAVID CARSON, DESIGN SHOCKER
- “IN THIS CROWDED WORLD” – JOHN SEVERSON RECALLS HIS PERFECT EPITHET
- STONER’S GIRL: SWEETNESS BEFORE DARKNESS
- SURFER MAGAZINE JUST BECAME PRESENTING SPONSOR FOR EOS!