Introduction

The cover is Nat Young at La Barre, France.
Articles Include
Photos by Leroy Grannis: Fred Hemmings wins the world title in Puerto Rico.
Drew Kampion: The Evolution of the Short Board, Phase II with 
Filmmaker Eric Blum introduces "The Fantastic Plastic Machine," featuring George Greenough's never-before-seen in-the-tube perspectives.
John Witzig: Wayne Lynch - Towards an International Man
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WaveSet: Skip Frye's New-E-Free Fins
Jantzen: Corky Carroll

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Page A                                                                                      Fred Hemmings wins the World Title in Puerto Rico

Page A1                       Beach Crowd at Domes/Rincon ?	Page A2 Mike Purpus out of an "S" turn.
Page A3 David Nuuihwa faces left gas	Unknown Skip Frye, Domes/Rincon.

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Page B

Wayne Lynch - Towards an International Man by John Witzig ...... Wayne Lynch, Australian Championships, 1968.  Photo: John Witzig First published in Surf International June 1968, Volume 1 Number 7, page 27.

Page C

Special by Mark Markinson Harbour Surfboards, California, 1969. Martinson's specifications for his board for the World Contest in Puerto Rico 1968, mailed from Portugal.

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Surfer: World Contest Edition Volume 9 Number 6 January 1969. Cover: Nat Young, La Barre, France.

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