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The latest issue of Kurungabaa is in the pelican's beak and ready to be flown to your door. Kurungabaa is a journal of literature, history and ideas for surfers. It is a non-profit publication that is printed bi-annually and, as it is supported solely by subscribers, contains no advertising.

This issue contains work by renowned surf writers Drew Kampion and Nick Carroll, philosophy by Dan Webber (of the famous Webber clan), critiques by She Hawke and Glen Reeves, musings by Peter Bowes and Jamie Brisick and photography by Dean Dampney. There's even a story about Japanese Ama  Divers and a biography on pro surfing stat-man and mad collector Al Hunt.

In total 100 pages of content by 32 contributors including over 30 photos.

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The contents of Vol 2 No 1 are:

Cover Artwork Wyewurk – Garry Shead

Hola! from Chile 

Images Dean Dampney  Garry Shead 

Story/Reflection/Essay The Witness – Peter Bowes Pete – Cyrill Lachauer Dino’s Left – Niegà  So Kaena Point – Drew Kampion  Clarity – Tom Mahony  What It Feels Like for a Girl – Karen de Perthius  Ghosts – Craig Baird The Point – Mike Buckley Surfing at Wyewurk – Joseph Davis My Life as a Surf Cult – Mark Sutherland The Three Men from the Future – Adam Matthews Whiff – Jamie Brisick Musica Surfica – Mick Sowry Older Surfers, Newer Discourses – Mark Cherry Gener-AL HUNT-er and Collector – Paul Scott Doomed to the Dept of Cheese? – Nick Carroll Beaching Water: 1975 to 2007 – Shé Hawke Shark Island Pits and Safety Nets: The Cronulla Race Riot – Clifton Evers Yellow Poet Hard Hat Gunna Be A Plumber On The Cover Of Centrelink Magazine – Steve Devas Nation, Country and Indigenous Surfing – Colleen McGloin Waiting for the Tide, Tuning in the World – Ama no Isobue: Soundscape of Abalone Diving Women – Kumi Kato Surfism: a Model of Spatio-Temporal Perception – Daniel Webber A Marxist Critique of Surf Tourism in the Mentawai Islands – Glen Reeves Deep Water – Adam Waldie

Interview Kieron ‘Seamouse’ Lewis – Satch

Poetry Exfoliations – Rebecca Olive Surfing Kalihiwai – ku‘ualoha ho‘omanawanui Kalihi Kai – ku‘ualoha ho‘omanawanui Waiting for Windows – Peter Fritzler Madame La Faille of Punaauia – Dina El Dessouky Higher Education – Dina El Dessouky On the Sea – John Keats