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The strange, intimate relationship between surfing and music

Sound waves — Catch a ride through the evolution of improvisational surf music, from Hawaii to the Lower East Side, with Ethnomusicology Professor (and surfer) Tim Cooley.

  • Music
  • Tim Cooley

The blissed-out shacks that surfers call home

Coast to coast — From big city apartments to huts on the beach, these beautiful homes provide a haven for surfers after a long day of catching waves.

  • Surf
  • Biju Belinky

Irish cold-water surfing, by the people who do it best

Huck x Finisterre — Finisterre brings together five surf pioneers – and their incredible stories – on the northwest coast of Ireland for a dreamy new surf short.

  • Culture
  • HUCK HQ

The Travel Diary: Nicaragua's best kept surf secret

What you see along the way — San Juan Del Sur is a surfing paradise, in and out of the water.

  • Activism
  • Liam Aylott

The Travel Diary: Morocco’s premier surf spot

What you see along the way — Photographer Corey Frank immerses himself in Taghazout, Morocco’s number one surfing destination, finding a world bursting with colour and vibrancy.

  • Photography
  • Corey Frank

Surf legend Chris Christenson on blazing your own trail in life

The shape of things to come — After opting against medical school and turning his back on convention, surfboard shaper Chris Christenson dedicated himself to a path of creative restlessness.

  • Culture
  • Cian Traynor

Venice: How a forgotten corner of ‘70s LA gave birth to modern skateboarding

Raising the ghosts of Dogtown — Writer Joe Donnelly’s essay ‘Venice Bohemia: From Abbot Kinney To The Z-Boys’ explores how the crumbling, surfer’s mecca of Venice in the 1970s gave rise to the legendary Z-Boys and skateboarding as we know it. It appears in ‘Los Angeles in the 1970s: Weird Scenes Inside The Gold Mine’, a collection of essays and short stories that attempts to fill a gap in the literature about culture during one of the City of Angels’ most vibrant decades. It also includes the ‘Cruising Van Nuys’ photo essay by Rick McCloskey, featured here.

  • Culture
  • Joe Donnelly

Leading voice in environmentalism talks about a post-Trump world and what we can do to help

Huck x Patagonia — How will Hugo Tagholm, CEO of Surfers Against Sewage, fight for environmentalism when the leader of the free world thinks climate change is a ‘Chinese hoax’?

  • Activism
  • Shelley Jones

Rainforest 'n Swells: Exploring Canada's Surftown

Tofino, British Columbia — As if you needed another reason to travel to British Columbia ... introducing Canada's newest 'it' destination.

  • Surf
  • D'Arcy Doran

Making waves on the Emerald Isle: Celebrating 50 years of Irish surfing

Capturing three generations — This weekend Donegal in Ireland played host to the Irish Surfing Inter-Counties Championships, marking 50 years of surfing in the country. Photographer Liam Aylott headed along to capture the celebrations.

  • Surf
  • Liam Aylott

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