The art director has a little fun, using a photo of two framed negatives for the cover. Dropped on to a pastel pink backing, it’s a seductive, post-modern twist on the conventional, page one surf shot. Inside it’s ‘Anger over Anga’ as Tracks rails against a radical development proposal for Angourie that includes a 600-unit hotel and a 1000 hillside homes.  Pete Growney travels to Sri Lanka where Britain’s colonial influence lingers, and tourism is on the rise. At Hikkaduwa, he finds uncrowded waves close to shore and people who are proud to have you stay – even if the sanitation and food poses a few risks. Simon Anderson is fresh off a win at Bells on his new design and sits down for an interview alongside Nat Young who also has a three fin model. Simon explains he coined the name ‘thruster’ because he wanted to differentiate from the pre-existing ‘tri fin’ designs. The thruster imitators are already emerging, but most haven’t quite got Simon’s design dialled yet. The question of a patent is even raised. Meanwhile, Captain Goodvibes gets blown up by 50 tonnes of napalm, but of course he lives to tell the tale.