Gifted surf photographer Marcus Paladino achieved career success. But anxiety was crippling his life. He tells the story of confronting his mental health.
The national surfing championships are often held on Cox Bay in Tofino but the 2024 nationals have a special air of anticipation hanging over them this weekend as the best boarders in the country converge on the Island community famous for its breakers.
For decades, photographer and frequent TSJ contributor Mark McInnis has hunted surf in the coldest fringes of Earth. In his travels, no location has struck him quite like Island X, a remote outpost in the Bering Sea. With a foreword by filmmaker Ben Weiland, and featuring surfing by Josh Mulcoy, Pete Devries, Noah Wegrich, and island native Ricardo Merculief, Island X is a testament that empty perfection is still out there.
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Is there a Championship Tour surfer emerging from Tofino’s less-than-perfect beachbreaks? Canada's Reed Platenius just won the North American Pro Junior Title.