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In our current issue’s “Aesthetics: J Brother (@jbrotherdotcom),” Scott Hulet (@zero_enganche) tracks the visual inspirations and paddling tracks of the photographer and filmmaker. “His style: put-together. Low-key, but always with sartorial grace notes,” writes Hulet. “Totally unique, his sensibilities tracked a bin dive through ’50s surf, vintage Ivy, rocksteady, and an off-handed touch of French new wave. He peacocked in such a way that you felt it more than you saw it. Subtle. That effect still runs across his life and his work like a throughwire. His slim filmography is why most of us know him at all. If you’re not a Malibu or Honolua insider (he rips on everything from self-shaped 5’6”s to Takayama step decks), you probably recognize the ‘J Brother’ imprimatur from ‘Adrift,’ the mid-’90s amuse-bouche that came out of nowhere and sort of blew everyone out. If you haven’t yet, go watch it.”