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Culture studies of the beachside kind.
In the late 1970s, a crew of California surf-skaters got wind of the Central Arizona Project, bringing the concept of a surf trip to the heart of the Sonoran Desert.
“The waves this winter in New Jersey have been nonstop. But swimming three sessions a day in 40-degree water can still get to you."
A return in body—and mind—to the reefs, streets, people, and outposts of Waikiki. Excerpted from the new issue of TSJ.
Sean O’Brien fuses real-time buoy data with art to remain connected to the ocean, wherever he is in the world.