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Donald Takayama
The definitive piece on Donald Takayama as told to Scott Hulet. Dale Velzy noticed the young boy who grew up at Waikiki was shaping his own boards even at 9 years old, immediately inviting him to California, and the story begins. Now at 65 years young, "DT is surfing as fast and island-style as ever-no exaggeration."
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CR Stecyk, the Smithsonian, and the first airbrushed surfboard.
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An Occurrence in Lower Baja: An Excerpt from Allan Weisbecker’s Book
An excerpt from Allan Weisbecker’s book, "In Search of Captain Zero, A Surfers Road Trip Beyond the End of the Road." In this excerpt, Weisbecker encounters a local Mexican longboarder named Julio that is indimidating at first but through their shared preference of longboard equipment and Weisbecker's respectful approach, the two find unexpected alliance.
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New Dogs, Old Tricks
Joel Tudor shares his thoughts on a few current and past masters of the longboard.
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The Deep End of the Gene Pool
The father-son duo of Jerry and Ryan Burch are quintessentially North County. Open minded, prone to experimentation, happy to ride two-foot runners or eight-foot Swamis, the conditions dictate their equipment, and their creativity and passion for surfing enhances style that could only be passed down through the miracle of genetics.
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Backyard Compositions
Cigars! Clubs! Marching powder! Jeb Bush! Endangered German tourists! Reality porn! Who doesn’t have a soft spot for flamingo-dripping, rope chain-swinging Miami? Well, the author, for starters. And he’s from there. Originally. He fled, you see. But remarkably, the absence has led to a fond heart. And bolstered by some vivid photography, he makes a fair case for those rare moments when the shore is graced by hurricane lines. When sand as white as an Andean slope is pounded by bottle-green A-frames. Then there’s that Eva Mendes thing…
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