On the front of out new issue: New Yorker Balaram Stack (@_balaram) is well acquainted with tunnels. From the complexities of The Big Apple’s subway system to the depths of Mainland Mexico tubes, he knows the importance of choosing the right line. Photo by Justin Smith (@sacraficialamb). On the back: Surfing World’s (@surfingworld) Hugh McLeod proved a creative savant straight from the John Severson school of magazining. A fine photographer and designer, his illustrations imbued the publication with suitable reflections of the times.

Threads inside trace equally varied paths, including digital renderings of natural wave patterns, a window into the halcyon days of Aussie surf media, modern thrashing in Tasmanian waters, and other throughlines across the sea scape.