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Is surfing plagued with a racist streak?

Error in the Code — Beneath the brotherhood and bonhomie, is surfing tinged with a race problem? Tetsuhiko Endo is ready to ask questions.

  • Opinion
  • Tetsuhiko Endo

Under Trump make no mistake: We're all refugees now

From Where I Stand — What happens when the arc of history no longer bends towards justice? As Donald Trump upends the world in the greatest political upset for generations, Japanese-American writer Tetsuhiko Endo reflects on what the future holds for anyone fighting on the fringes.

  • Culture
  • Tetsuhiko Endo

Joni Sternbach’s primordial portraits capture surfing’s lost tribe

Nazareth Savage — To celebrate 10 years of Huck, we're digging through the archives to unearth stories that feel as relevant as ever. Photographer Joni Sterbach’s Taylor Wessing portrait prize-nominated Surfland project captures modern-day Californian surfers with a 19th century photographic process.

  • Photography
  • Tetsuhiko Endo

A Difficult Truth: America is entrenched in a race war

From Where I Stand — The shooting of Philando Castille in Minnesota and Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge - black men killed at the hands of US police - are the latest chapter in a story of state violence that stretches back to the invention of 'race'. Now, after five police officers were shot and killed during a protest in Dallas, it's time to face a difficult home truth: America is at war.

  • Culture
  • Tetsuhiko Endo

The young adventurers who are revolutionising travel photography

The Wanderlust Crew — A new generation of young adventurers are revolutionising our idea of travel photography by putting themselves, not 'The Other', at the centre of the story.

  • Photography
  • Tetsuhiko Endo

What can Rachel Dolezal teach us about identity politics in America?

Black/white/other — In the wake of the Rachel Dolezal media extravaganza, Tetsuhiko Endo points back at the real issue: that “authentic” racial identity is a myth.

  • Opinion
  • Tetsuhiko Endo

Don't let Charlie Hebdo become a fearmonger's tool

Is our freedom really under threat? — The murder of 12 people at French newspaper Charlie Hebdo on January 7 was not the act of a world-conquering empire, says Tetsuhiko Endo. Beware the man - or woman - who tells you otherwise.

  • Opinion
  • Tetsuhiko Endo

Andrew Kidman on his remake of 1970s surf hippie movie Morning of the Earth

Stephanie Gilmore, Mickey Smith and Sam Yoon — A nostalgic exploration of the relationship between (wo)man and sea.

  • Surf
  • Tetsuhiko Endo

Miscellaneous Adventures

The Working Artisans' Club — Some people are built to create – to shape their future with their own two hands. Before Huck launches the new Working Artisans' Club for 2014, we revisit the rad makers we met last year. In a quiet forest in West Sussex, Andrew Groves is reviving the lost art of whittling in the woods.

  • The Working Artisans Club
  • Tetsuhiko Endo

Cycling Safety

Stop The Blame Game — Is there anything more pointless than trying to score points over death? Ted Endo wades in on London's cycling safety debate.

  • Bike
  • Tetsuhiko Endo

Engrish

Internet LOL or dumb racist slur? — A Spanish-speaking, half-Japanese American now living in England considers what the trending internet meme 'Engrish' really says about us all.

  • Opinion
  • Tetsuhiko Endo

Chris Del Moro

Bella Vita — We sit down with Chris Del Moro at the San Sebastián Film Festival to talk about his new film, Bella Vita.

  • Surf
  • Tetsuhiko Endo

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