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  • Jay Nelson: No Facile Statements

    Jay Nelson: No Facile Statements

    Jay Nelson is a serious surfer and fine artist. He is featured in multiple publications and galleries around the world.…

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  • A Cook Islands Wiki

    A Cook Islands Wiki

    Tim Brimblecombe’s adventure to the South Pacific’s remote Cook Islands with its powerful reef passes and “land of the giant”…

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  • Shooting For My Life

    Shooting For My Life

    Stuck in paradise surfing with Mikala Jones, Nathan Myers ponders the life of a freelance surf journalist.

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  • All to Myself

    All to Myself

    Things were a lot different when Billy Meng started surfing in 1943. He paid $10 for his first surfboard: a…

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  • Songs in the Key of Kai

    Songs in the Key of Kai

    Kai Lenny’s friends and family weigh in on his old-school philosophy, humility, and his love for big waves. He learned…

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  • At Home With:A California Quartet

    At Home With:A California Quartet

    A visit to four unique surfers’ homes: Jimmy Gamboa shares his unique Malibu home along with his favorite surf spots.…

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  • Satan Rides Alone

    Satan Rides Alone

    Stebbins entertains with his yarn when troubled Chuck-the-Truck shares the lineup with the Devil. Oh, yeah, and God too; he’s…

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  • Jelly Theory

    Jelly Theory

    Lance Slabbert meets up with a surf crew at Jakarta International Airport. While waiting for everyone to arrive, Slabbert ponders…

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  • William Finnegan

    William Finnegan

    William Finnegan is a veteran staff writer for “The New Yorker” and author of four books. He reports on some…

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  • Square One

    Square One

    Lindsay Lord’s planing hull study in Hawaii during WWII marks an obscure pivotal moment in surf history. After discovering Lord’s…

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    Writer at Work

    In 1992 “Playing Doc’s Games” appeared in The New Yorker. A two-part, 39,000-word story in which journalist William Finnegan plunges…

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