Takayama -- then one of the few world-class longboard shapers -- was poised to earn another, albeit unofficial title, as a “re-founding father” of surfing. In 1985, Surfer magazine named him ...

But, there it is, caught on camera and reprinted on the cover in this month’s issue of Slide magazine, a New Zealand-based publication that tracks the world of longboard surfing. “That move I ...