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Surfer Magazine Cover April, 2011
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| Editor | Todd Prodanovich |
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| Categories | Sports magazine |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Total circulation (December 2011) |
101,270 |
| Founder | John Severson |
| Year founded | 1962 |
| Company | TEN: The Enthusiast Network Media |
| Country | USA |
| Based in | Carlsbad, California |
| Language | English |
| Website | www |
| ISSN | 0039-6036 |
Surfer is a USA monthly surfing culture magazine.
The magazine was founded by John Severson (1933-2017) in 1962 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." 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. By the early 1970s, when Severson sold Surfer for an undisclosed amount, it had about 100,000 readers.
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