Surfer (magazine)

Surfer
Surfer Magazine Cover April, 2011
Editor Todd Prodanovich
Categories Sports magazine
Frequency Monthly
Total circulation
(December 2011)		 101,270[1]
Founder John Severson
Year founded 1962
Company Motor Trend Group
Country United States
Based in Carlsbad, California
Language English
Website www.surfer.com
ISSN 0039-6036

Surfer is an American monthly surfing culture magazine, published by the Motor Trend Group.

History

The magazine was founded by John Severson[2] (1933–2017) in 1962[3] as a program to accompany his yearly surf films. Severson was motivated by a desire to counter what he saw as negative effects of the popularization of surfing by the 1959 film Gidget - as he would recall later: "Surfers hated those Hollywood surf films, and I could see that Surfer could create a truer image of the sport."[3] Severson's photography, art and sense of humor set the pace for the future of Surfer, which quickly grew to be a reflection of the sport and culture, as well as a sounding board for surfers and environmental activists. Its editor-in-chief is Todd Prodanovich; the photo editor is Grant Ellis.

The magazine was started as quarterly and then, became bi-monthly.[2] By the early 1970s, when Severson sold Surfer for an undisclosed amount, it had about 100,000 readers.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "eCirc for Consumer Magazines". Audit Bureau of Circulations. Retrieved April 28, 2012.
  2. 1 2 Magazine Publishing. Clinton Gilkie. p. 16. GGKEY:84J4SXB4BU6. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 Goldstein, Richard (2017-05-29). "John Severson, trailblazer of surf media and culture, dies". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2017-05-30.
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