On the Cover:J Riddle, on location in El Salvador, earning stunt rates via period-correct positioning and equipage during the filming of John MiliusBig Wednesday. For more on the writer/directors filmography and impact on wider pop culture, read Child of the Bomb onpage 70. Photograph by Merkel/Lost & Found.

In this issue, we also open a South Oz shooters catalog, dive for bluewater gold in the California Bight, glean wisdom from a revered surfing elder, conduct recon in the Eastern Mediterranean, and more. For the full 140-page experience, pick up a copy of TSJ 33.5.