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Could this be the world’s most luxurious surfing event?

Jamie Brisick explores the gaps between professional surfing and its counter-cultural roots at the invitation-only Maldives Surfing Champion Trophy 2023.

  • Outdoors
  • Jamie Brisick

Riding giants: the behemothic art of big-wave surfing

Nazaré diaries — At the start of the year, writer and former pro surfer Jamie Brisick visited the world’s premier big-wave contest. What he discovered was an event of biblical proportions: a place where daredevil disciples put their lives in the hands of an ocean at its most majestically unpredictable.

  • Surf
  • Jamie Brisick

Surfing in the time of coronavirus

Uncharted territory — As the world shuts down its beaches, Huck Contributing Editor Jamie Brisick explores how surfers – and the wider surf industry – are weathering the storm.

  • Surf
  • Jamie Brisick

Photos of Oauhu’s North Shore – a surfing mecca

Hold your breath — For 10 years, Vava Ribeiro has captured one of surf’s most mythical spots – a stretch of coast in Hawaii that has captivated him since he was a kid.

  • Photography
  • Jamie Brisick

Jamie Brisick reflects on losing his home to wildfires

A whole year later — One year since uncontrollable flames wreaked havoc through Malibu, Huck’s Contributing Editor looks back on what losing everything can teach you.

  • Reportage
  • Jamie Brisick

Jamie Brisick on his long journey to surfing paradise

Dazzling Blue — In an extract from his new book, Huck’s Contributing Editor reflects on Uluwatu – a fabled surf spot in Indonesia he dreamt of escaping to in his youth.

  • Surf
  • Jamie Brisick

California fires: what it’s like to lose your home to flames

Malibu burning — The Woolsey Fire started on November 8, 2018. It would go on to destroy over 1600 structures – including Jamie Brisick’s home. Two months later, he reflects on the blaze that engulfed his beloved Point Dume, in Malibu.

  • Reportage
  • Jamie Brisick

In the studio with art maverick Raymond Pettibon

Moving in mysterious ways — From Black Flag to Sonic Youth, Raymond Pettibon helped define what punk looks like when it's hung up on a wall. Now he's taking us inside his fantasy world, where the only ticket is a pencil and a piece of paper.

  • Art
  • Jamie Brisick

A surfer’s cultural dispatch from Japan

Blood, Sex and Tears — To celebrate 10 years of Huck, we're digging through the archives to unearth stories that feel as relevant as ever. In 2008, writer and former pro-surfer Jamie Brisick guided us on a gonzo tour through surf culture, knife attacks and Japanese porn.

  • Reportage
  • Jamie Brisick

Radical creativity connects Tom Sachs with 'makers' across the globe

The Curse of Creating — Tom Sachs is a sculptor, probably best known for his elaborate recreations of various modern icons, all of them masterpieces of engineering and design. With his new show now open in New York City this month, we look back at our interview with Tom back in 2013.

  • Art
  • Jamie Brisick

The future through Kelly Slater’s eyes

Retro-futurist — Kelly Slater’s ethical apparel brand Outerknown just launched its new website featuring an interview with Huck’s global editor Jamie Brisick. Eleven-times ASP World Tour Champion Kelly Slater needs no introduction. Jamie is a former pro surfer, writer and Fulbright scholar currently working on his documentary Becoming Westerly, about surf champ Peter Drouyn’s transformation into Westerly Windina. Here’s a chemistry-fuelled conversation between the pair - and the cover story of Huck's baby-faced second issue - from way back in 2006. Brisick caught Slater in a reflective mood, thinking about the future and bemoaning his lack of fitness before the start of the ASP World Tour - which he went on to win by over 1,000 points.

  • Surf
  • Jamie Brisick

Soon this land will be under the sea: Surfing in the Maldives with Jamie Brisick

Chapter 5: The Ticking Clock — Author, filmmaker and Huck Global Editor Jamie Brisick reports back from a contemplative surf trip to the Indian Ocean.

  • Surf
  • Jamie Brisick

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