Letter from the editor
March / April 2012 Volume 7, Issue 2
Lori Graham
I know I’ ve written this in a previous issue, but again the ocean begins in the mountains. Last September through November I was training for a 50-mile trail run race. I’ m a creature of habit in some circles, so I tend to run parts of the same routes day in and day out.
I guess people walking their dogs on Santa Barbara’ s frontcountry trails are as well. From what I can see, there’ s a growing trend amongst some dog walkers to bag their animal’ s poop, but then they either forget to pick the bag up on the way back, or they’ re just too cool to carry it along and they think someone else will pick up after them.
After running by this one particular poop sack too many times to count, I’ d finally had enough and carried it back the last six miles to my truck. One less plastic bag of tootsi rolls that won’ t reach the ocean. Is it really that difficult to pick up after ourselves and our pets?
In our annual Green Issue we have a certain responsibility to bring a level of awareness to our readers. There aren’ t enough pages to fill with all the mounting concerns threatening our planet, and unfortunately it’ s just baby steps we’ re making at our desks.
We’ ve expanded our editorial palette to bio resins, increasing awareness of plastics in the ocean and on our beaches. This issue isn’ t without its usual staples, that being a photo essay by Tony Luna from his 1980s archive and Dan Malloy’ s travel afflictions with Japan.
We hope you enjoy this issue of DEEP and continue your own personal stewardship with the planet.
Enjoy.
Chuck Graham
Dubock
Who’ s On Board?
Joel Patterson Writer
Joel Patterson has been sitting at desks for surf magazines since the Clinton administration. Nowadays, he finds himself surfing more and more. He spends his days as SURFER Magazine’ s editor-at-large and as a writer and editor for public radio’ s economics show“ Marketplace.” He lives in Los Angeles.
Ken Manfred
Photographer Ken Manfred began taking photographs in 1976. He continues to pursue his passion for photography while exploring subjects such as motorsports, geography, place and context. Inspired by photographers Jesse Alexander, Keith Fishman and Kenro Izu, his work has been published in Road Racing World Magazine. Manfred makes his home in Carpinteria with his wife, Paula, and his two sons. You can view his work at www. kenmanfredphotography. com.
Tony Luna Photographer Making his living as a professional photographer for the last 30 years, and living by the ocean the entire time, Tony Luna is no stranger to surf photography. Although he made the decision early on in his career to focus his skills on advertising photography, he still manages to shoot some surfing images if he’ s not in the water surfing.
Ryan A. Smith Writer Ryan A. Smith is the editor-in-chief of SLIDE Magazine. After graduating from CSUN in 1998, he started in the surf media industry as an editor at Longboard Magazine and has since authored five books and created hundreds of print and web features. When Smith is not working, he can be spotted riding all sorts of surf craft on the points between Santa Barbara and Malibu, or relaxing with wife Marisa on their ranch in Ojai.
10 DEEP SURF MAGAZINE March / April 2012