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• Elliot Dudley and Skindog missioned through the Western Sahara this winter. They found empty lineups, over the top bureaucracy and, predictably plenty of sand. • Do you love a log? Fancy a fish? Feel teased by a twinny? Check out our annual guide has all that is great and good in the retro board arena. • Luke Hart has gone from shaping zero to hero in a few short years so we thought it was about time we locked him in the shaping bay for a chinwag. • Ferg and Lowey surprised Mickey Smith with a plane ticket to Tahiti recently. The best swell in years was brewing and the boys couldn’t resist. They had a good dig in surfing’s most famous gladiator pit and Mick shot, swam and chuckled at the corner of the reef. This is his epic little tale. • Whilst we’ve had a few fun head high days in our summer afflicted lands them chaps in the rest of the world have been barraged with swell. We asked a brace of photogs to send in their favourite images. PLUS: Tom Butler interview, Jordy's rocket powered board and much more