Steve Zeldin is an American magazine publisher, editor and journalist most active within the surfing and extreme sports world. He was the original editor of the long-running magazine ''Transworld Surf'' and was the founder and publisher of several surf-oriented publications based in the Southern California area; Beach Happy, International Surf, Water and Foam.
As a journalist, he has contributed to magazines such as
Raygun and
Esquire
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and has interviewed several of surfing's most iconic names including
Tom Curren,
Andy Irons,
Taylor Knox
Taylor Knox (born May 15, 1971) is an American professional surfer.
Knox was born in Thousand Oaks, California and began surfing at 8 years old. He moved with his family to Carlsbad at 13 and continued to pursue his dream of becoming a pro sur ...
, and
Kelly Slater
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.
He is currently associated with the surf lifestyle quarterly What Youth and its sister publication Herewith (along with business partners Danny Kwock and Preston Murray).
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American magazine publishers (people)
1963 births
Living people