Краткое описание: From editor: “You might never have heard of Mick Fanning, our cover subject this month, but I’m pretty confident you’ve seen him in action. After the World Surf League posted a YouTube video of the Australian pro fending off a shark during a competition at South Africa’s legendary J-Bay on July 19, coverage of the incident clogged innumerable Facebook feeds. The video has since been viewed more than 22 million times - not including the dozens of copycat posts and embedded videos found in hundreds of subsequent news stories.”

Краткое описание: From editor:”Whenever I tell someone what I do for a living, chances are high that they’ll ask me some version of: How do you decide what makes a good Outside story? I’ve never managed a succinct answer. The truth is, after reviewing thousands of pitches over the years, I still don’t have any guiding principles. When I try to apply rigor to the process, I always fail. I overanalyze a promising idea - the topic was written about elsewhere, it’s too expensive to report, the writer who proposed it is too green - and then regret it later on when I take a pass.”