THE PURE LINESurfer: Devon HowardLocation: Rincon CoveYear: 2023 Stripped down to its essence, good surfing is all about those fleeting moments of perfect trim. And when you find it, that moment seems to flash by in a blur.

dark peak chasing down Bobby Martinez

Surfer: Conner CoffinLocation: Rincon CoveYear: 2023

where he would go on to win the Marui Pro at Chiba

Tommy went through so many boards during this period that he never had enough of his sponsor’s laminates

but the wake she’s leaving behind

Surfer: Kim Mearig

Surfer: Tom CurrenLocation: RinconYear: 2019

The best surf photos allow you not only to see but feel what the rider must be feeling

tail-tapping the coping in the shore break at Ventura’s Emma Wood State Beach

Surfer: Roger Nance

…and by hand

I was heavily influenced by the work of legendary photographer Ernst Haas