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Butch Wax
As the old saying goes, “Time and tide wait for no man.” Surf cartoonist Butch Cornelius is no exception. Cornelius’…
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Choice Cuts
Propelled on a Zephyr of Compressed WindBy Joe Donnelly From TSJ 30.4 A half-century into it, and Craig Stecyk, inarguably…
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Bazooka
So, what is it? Hey really… for starters I don’t even know what surfing is. Like, where does snagging a…
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Our Man in the Antilles
“Pezman says this portfolio feature is your gold watch.” Some 25 years ago, TSJ dispatched writer Steve Barilotti to Northern…
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First Among Equals
It’s a Saturday in mid-January. The north Maui buoy is reading 17 feet at 22 seconds. Jaws is 50-foot on…
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The Rake
One night in the early fall of 1968, the then-reigning French surfing champion, Jean-Marie Lartigau, not quite out of his…
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North Swell
Pulled Into Focus My mother is from Sweden, and when I was 12, we lived in Stockholm briefly. I have…
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Going Right
The Racetrack We follow the storm up from Cape Town, through the bends of Sir Lowry’s Pass, and onto South…
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Running Under Load
“Built for these waters“ goes the company tagline for Jeff Hull Custom Boats in Ventura, California. “These waters” means the…
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I’m Not Here
There are some curious characters in 1960s surfing culture, which, it seems, often attracted the fringe dwellers of society. Professional…
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The Jewel of the South
In 1929, French aviator and author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was working for the airmail service Aéropostale, delivering letters and packages…
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Views From Kaimuki
Every day after Washington Intermediate School let out, 13-year-old Joey Hamasaki walked the 2 miles back to her home and…