Riptide issue 162 is coming, it’s got an “Esteemed Guest Editor” : Dave Winchester, who also happens to be on that smokin’ cover, as he “whips through a tight air reverse on the West Coast”.

What’s in this issue ? well here’s the menu:
“Is bodyboarding driving you insane? Riptide’s Tim Leeson speculates on why bodyboarders and the waves they’re tackling just keep getting more and more nuts!”
More about Winny: “In keeping with the Winny theme for issue 162, Riptide probed the newly-found family man on his transition from happy-go-lucky party guy to fully-fledged father.”
The hawaiian winter season: “Have a flick through Rt’s photo feature on how to enjoy yourself when the waves friggan suck on The Rock.”
Some Brendan Newton’s story: “Read your way through Brendan Newton’s absolutely uncanny recount of how he came to be completely stoned at the Stern!”
And last but not least: “Ryan Mattick, Thom Robinson and Frenchy Pierre-Louis Costes team up with Lucky Squirrel Club Director Allan Wilson and Mickey Smith on a search for Irish pits, pints of black ale and the elusive four-leafed clover.”