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Night and the Iguana
The occasional tourist wanders up from Mismaloya Beach below, but, for the most part, it is a silent and deserted…
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Keep Dreaming
Once upon a time, style mattered. If you watch classic movies starring Humphrey Bogart, Sean Connery, or Paul Newman, you’ll…
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The Screwtape Letters
This corner of Spain is lousy with specters—the ground riddled with corpses of luminaries like Cristóbal Balenciaga or those who…
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Tiger Style
There’s no indication from the street of what goes on behind a tidy garden of palms and hedges in front…
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Pumpjack
January 17, 1972, the surf came up overnight out of the west. There was some light wobble in the morning,…
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In the Hall of the Mountain King
A briny stench of kelp rises up to the viewing deck at Long Beach in Kommetjie, a small village located…
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Three-Wave Hold-Down
He remembered a party at a beachfront house overlooking the surf break they called Off the Wall. “Party” meant a…
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Welcome to Mickey’s House
[Editor’s note: This article was originally published in TSJ 1.1 in 1992. For Steve Pezman’s followup with Mickey nearly 30…
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A Single Ride Away
Nic von Rupp knew that in order to get recognized as one of the best big-wave surfers on the planet,…
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Sweet Pleasures by the Bonfire
Dick Graham had a knack for being in the right place at the right time in early 1963. He was…
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This Delicacy Before Us
I don’t want to eat rat, but we are going to eat rat. Kepa Acero and I have just arrived…
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Dropping In With Mickey Muñoz
Each time I visit Mickey and Peggy Muñoz’s Capo Beach abode, I once again fall under the spell that exists…