Editorial
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Beyond the Bluff
In TSJ 32.3’s “Beyond the Bluff,” author Christian Beamish tracks the many pursuits of Central Coaster Chad Kaimanu Jackson. From…
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An Introduction to Soundings: Season 04
Host Jamie Brisick previews the guest list—including Gerry Lopez, Lisa Andersen, Selema Masakela, the late Ashley Bickerton, Chris Malloy, Takuji…
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The High Line: June 2023
Guest edited by Chad Kaimanu Jackson I’m perched on a narrow ridge a few miles up from Lopez Canyon, just…
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Wardy’s Ads
A hallmark of Wardy Surfboards during the early to mid-1960s was the popularity of the cerebral and honest advertising that…
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The Houseboat Paradox
I’ve noticed a change in the surfboard design small talk that fills the lulls in lineups and beach parking lots…
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On Style
There’s not much theater in a sure thing. A break-even hedge doesn’t get the heart racing like a 12-team parlay.…
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Know When to Jump
What Neal Cassady was to the Beat movement and the counterculture, Billy Meng was to California’s proto–surf lifestyle and waterman…
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Swag Boys
Jai: “We tracked a swell that way and stayed for almost a week. We kept it simple: Wake up and surf,…
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Beyond the Bluff
It’s spring on the Central Coast of California. On a bluff-top meadow, poppies and purple lupine dance in a light…
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Uncommon Skill & Meticulous Attention
My personal connection with surfboards built by Frederick Wardy began in the summer of 1962, after my family relocated from…
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Uncurbed Enthusiasm
BARBACOA IN SPACE CITY The corrido playing on the jukebox doesn’t needle-scratch as we walk in the door of Taquería…
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O Beachboy, Where Art Thou?
It’s summertime in Waikiki and a south swell gradually fills into the usual reefbreaks. There’s a vibe of anticipation in…