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Hang Ten, Texas • Take it from the inland surfing studs of Waco, Texas, and this wahine wannabe. Popping up on your first break at the pool is an instant life-booster — and even more fun without rips, undertows, and dorsal fins.

Casting With A Cause • A decade ago, Diné fly-fishing guide Erica Nelson got hooked on one of the West’s most picturesque pastimes. Now she’s angling to bring a broader sense of belonging to the sport.

Football Bars With Game • If you’re in any of these great gridiron towns out West, it’s time to post up with a spirited crowd and catch every snap with a cold one in hand.

City Different Swagger • How do you dress the part in Santa Fe for Indian Market and beyond? Here’s a speedy style and accessory primer — from boots and bolo to ball cap and lip balm.

Now Hear This • From Parker McCollum’s Album of the Year and Ryan Bingham’s latest to Taylor Sheridan’s Texas tune fest and our XX-chromosome playlist, here’s everything that’s been country music to our ears lately.

7 Sports Flicks From Texas That’ll Hook Ya • The Lone Star State likes things BIG and impactful — including sports movies and TV shows that put physical drama front and center.

Wilder Than Fiction • Triumphant or tragic, the most gripping true-life adventure titles harness our primal passion for the great outdoors — and tend to veer west.

The Real Love Boat • Building a superior wooden watercraft by hand takes limitless patience, skill, workmanship, and respect for a trade that dates way back. Today’s master boat builders are keeping that legacy afloat one stunning vessel at a time.

PICK OF THE PADDLE

Airstream Dreams • Four icons hook up in a couple of collabs that have us yearning for the trailer life and a road trip in the sweetest rigs ever.

Your Own Private Idaho • Seeking someplace to be your true untamed self in roomy rugged beauty? This Gem State ranch encompasses serious hidden treasure.

EAT WILD. EAT WHOLE. LIVE WELL. • We retrace the unexpected journey from fashion to field that led Danielle Prewett to become a cookbook author and recipe developer redefining how wild food is cooked, understood, and brought to the table.

BOB WHITE • When he’s not painting the ideas that come to him in field and stream, the renowned sporting artist leads a double life doing “fin and fur” expeditions.

AMY LAY’S WILD WILDLIFE • The Oregon artist’s paintings have earned her an invitation to the influential Buffalo Bill Art Show this August.

GEORGE CATLIN • Complicated and controversial for his 1800s paintings of Indigenous sports? Yes. Important and studied for his contribution to the record? Ditto.

ART CALENDAR

DEAM TEAM • One hard-tossed triumph at a time, the Arizona Ridge Riders are helping turn a solitary sport into a group celebration. Leading the charge at the PBR World Finals, a dynamic duo of Brazilian bull riders represents a world-class roster that has put team building front and center — alongside astonishing performances.

GOING THE EXTRA MILES • Running the West, 100 miles at a time, a growing “hidden tribe” of ultramarathoners are testing their grit, boosting small towns, and building a community with every hard-won race.

RUNNER’S WORLD • We go inside the pain cave with Navajo ultrarunner Wynonna Fulgham to talk about the mental battle behind ultramarathon races and why she...