On the cover: Counterbalance?not posing?is the taproot of surf style. You sure as hell feel it here, all subtly elemental, as Levi Prairie coaxes a higher line from a tracking rail. The inner workings of TSJ 28.4 stretch from Hank Warner*s lifelong ride with surfing*s most revered icons to a local-level look inside the DIY Cuban surf-skate community. Modern interpretations of George Greenough*s edge board designs, the 1970s photography of Dan Merkel, and Jack Coleman*s lo-fi cinematic creations round the issue into shape.