Riptide Magazine Issue #186

Riptide February/March 2012 - No.186.

THIS ISSUE'S FEATURES

FIRST LIGHT
"The riders had the final word and for once every one of us banded together.  It was, without a doubt, the biggest and best step forward for bodyboarding in a long time" - Toby Player.

PROPHECY FULFILLED
Pierre-Louis Costes realises his destiny with his triumphant world title win.
What drove the man to the win? How did he handle the pressure? What does this title mean to him?

STARE GALLERY
When the earth turns its back on the sun the following twilight zone produces amazing scenery ripe for amazing imagery. A series of dramatic shots captured during dusk for you to drool over.

GLOBE TROTTING
The yearning to travel is in our blood. The hope is that the following set of photographs will drive you to work a little harder, save a little more and to get yourself the hell out of here and sample what the world has to offer.

SINGIN' LIKE A CANARY
Many of the men associated with the crucial moments of the climatic conclusion to one of the most dramatic years competitive bodyboarding has ever seen share with you their devastation, elation, musings and goals for 2012 in a collection of very open and honest interviews.

BATTLE ON THE BONO

With his constantly clean, baby-skin-smooth face and ordinarily very genteel temperament, Dallas Singer's probably the last person you'd figure for a werewolf, but as the full moon rose high over the Kampar River in the deep, dark Sumatran jungle you could forgive him for letting out a long howl at its round, white face as it'd brought him the infamous Bono, a perfect wave that breaks for up to 60 kilometres, giving you the chance at an epic hour and half shredfest.

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