What is surfing? This question drives this sixth issue, titled “Whatever Surfing Means”, which explores the boundaries of what we call “surf” by giving voice to photographers, artists, designers, and journalists. Highlights include illustrations by Irish surfing legend Barry Britton, French graphic designer Charles Villa’s fascination for the sun’s impact on printed images, the struggles and successes of the Gaza Surf Club, photographer and creative director Diana Kunst’s Red Wave project for kids in the Philippines, a portrait of the Finnish practice of ‘avantouinti’ (ice swimming), surreal underwater images by artist duo Taiyo Onorato and Nico Krebs, and much more.
304 p, ills colour & bw, 17 x 23 cm, pb, French/English
Surf? Yes, but no.
Surfing seems too often stuck in its conventional myths. Acid Magazine aims to break them down and create a space to highlight those who take the risk to create alternative imaginaries. Surfing appears to have forgotten what surrounds it. Acid Magazine strives to place surfing in its socio-economic, historical and cultural context. In truth, surfing is just a prism through which we observe society.
A wide-open, imperfect and always unfinished encyclopedia
Acid Magazine is a fully independent annual print publication. Proposing in every issue 26 ways to talk about way more than surfing. Available in english et en Français. Distributed worldwide. Printed in Britanny, France. Edited by Quentin Coulombier, Baptiste Le Provost & Thomas Le Provost.
