Riptide Magazine Issue #185

THIS ISSUE'S FEATURES

FIRST LIGHT
"No man's belief will save me except my own." - English philospher Anthony Collins.

AMAURY'S ISLAND THRONE
To begin No.185's remodelled department section is an interview with Amaury Lavernhe on his life as Reunion Island Royalty. Amaury's interview starts a set of three interviews that also features Joel Taylor and Andre Botha.

STARE GALLERY
Then to conclude the new department section is a new gallery that will continue to feature photography that leans towards being more artistic than straight up action. This issue features a very special set of underwater bodysurfing images captured by Chris Burkard in Tahiti with Mike Stewart, Mark Cunningham, Keith Malloy and friends.

THE 2011 RIPTIDE PEER POLL
Learn who the world's top riders voted as the best of the best in 2011, which riders got their first call-up into the Top 20 and who rode the heaviest waves of the year. Includes DK and Women's Polls too.

MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE
No longer should your visit to Tahiti consist of a single drive all the way to the heaving backless monsters of Teahupo'o. This diverse, bountiful island is home to much more than one infamous coral pass.

FINDING VINCE VAUGHN'S
For his first serious session in the salt since breaking his neck, Alex Bunting joins Jase Finlay, Dean Pitt and Jem Cresswell to discover virgin gold hidden away on the Victorian and South Australian border.