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Meet Rio’s favela surfers, fighting to save their home break from pollution

The battle for Cantão — Surfers from Rocinha, Rio de Janeiro’s largest favela, are coming together to protect their barrelling home break from chronic water pollution.

Written by: Kevin Damasio

Surf

The London worker who gave up everything to open a community project in Guatemala

La Choza Chula — Julia Harriman had the archetypal London life. But she ended up changing everything just to get out.

Written by: Ben Crisp

Surf

Video: Kelly Slater surfs his company’s first artificial wave

History in the making — Are wave pools the future? World surf champ Kelly Slater certainly thinks so. Watch him shred the Kelly Slater Wave Co's first wave in this killer promo.

Written by: Alex King

Surf

In Pictures: Surfing in snow on the East Coast

Ryan Struck: Cold-Water Crew — Brooklyn-based photographer Ryan Struck has been braving the wintertime waters of the Atlantic to capture the hardy surf crew there in full frozen mode.

Written by: Shelley Jones

Surf

Exclusive video: Surfers turn little French beach town into a punk playground

Carnage from SVRF PVNK — The mad geniuses behind the annual SVRF PVNK Invitational in Hossegor, France, deliver up a nice slice of cross-dressing, underwater beer-drinking celluloid.

Written by: HUCK HQ

Surf

Is pro surfing at risk of a doping scandal?

No sport is immune — As allegations of state-sponsored doping rock athletics, it’s time to ask if pro surfing is doing enough to prevent the use of performance enhancing drugs?

Written by: Alex King

Photography

Ale Romo’s photography celebrates the liberating force of surf culture

Of Waves, Surfers and Wanderlust — Photographer Ale Romo wants us all to hit the road, chase waves around the globe and discover ourselves.

Written by: Sam Warner

Film

The world’s most unusual watermen and women: Watch our new 4-part doc series

Finlandia x Huck presents… Journey From The Source — Get ready to meet ‘Kraken, the sea monster’ – a man who uses special breathing techniques to dive to record-breaking depths in the icy waters of Finland – and other amazing characters.

Written by: Shelley Jones

Surf

Searching for never-before-surfed waves on the inhospitable Faroe Islands

Faroes - the Outpost Vol. 02 — Co-directors Ben Weiland and Chris Burkard lead a crew of the world’s best cold water surfers to explore the hostile coastline and unique culture of the Faroe Islands.

Written by: Alex King

Surf

Bangladesh’s teenage surf girls are dreaming of a better future

Paddling through patriarchy — Teenage surfers in Cox’s Bazar show that poverty, social barriers and family pressure mean nothing when there are good waves to be had.

Written by: Alex King

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