On the Cover: J Riddle, on location in El Salvador, earning stunt rates via period-correct positioning and equipage during the filming of John Milius’ Big Wednesday. For more on the writer/director’s filmography and impact on wider pop culture, read “Child of the Bomb” on page 70. Photograph by Merkel/Lost & Found.
In this issue, we also open a South Oz shooter’s catalog, dive for bluewater gold in the California Bight, glean wisdom from a revered surfing elder, conduct recon in the Eastern Mediterranean, and more.