Editorial
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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…
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Jam Econo
Amid the sprawl of Southern California coastal enclaves, San Pedro is an oddity. Situated in the hook of its eponymous…
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Running Like God
Tyler Reid and I are sitting on the floor at LAX, waiting for a flight to somewhere hollow and remote.…
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Propelled on a Zephyr of Compressed Wind
Stored somewhere deep in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History, along with other markers…
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Top Dead Center
Matahi Drollet is sitting out at the end of his dock, just past his family’s home, in the predawn darkness…
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The Beautiful Flower Will Wilt, the Beautiful Flower Will Die
1985. Ronald Reagan. “We Are the World.” AIDS. “Like a Virgin.” An exploding surf industry. A powder keg of a…
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Raw and Refined
To outsiders, the boundaries that separate the states composing coastal New England can seem arbitrary. If driving along the coast…
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Mine Hunters
The wave-rich South African west coast is a favored haunt for world champions and underground surf explorers alike, renowned for…
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Spearos of Death Metal
A small, long-distance swell lifts and dashes onto wave-cut rock platforms in Biarritz, France, under bright winter sunshine. A dusting…
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No Cobblestone Left Unturned
David Matuszak’s new book is a limited-run, immense-in-page-count, absolutely one-of-a-kind effort. Obviously the result of laborious research, San Onofre: Memories…
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The Archivist: Road Lust
For over 30 years, the Journal has celebrated surf travel. Indeed, each edition has been marked by an Adventurer’s Club-worthy…