Journal

Ripe for Exploitation

The cornerstone of brunch and ubiquitous in trendy cafés, the avocado's climb to stardom this millennium has been of Biblical proportions. They evolved to become a mainstream staple on the kitchen ...

Ishita Malaviya Is India’s Rising Tide

One in a billion: sowing surf culture with India’s first recognized female surfer, Ishita Malaviya is creating waves on a global scale. One of the most exciting names in the sport with a unique per...

Ride Scotland’s Romantic Highlands

The Highlands are remote and temperate, a boon for nature watchers. Red deer travel these lands at dusk and dawn, with sheep and other livestock appearing mutely by the roadside with regularity; ke...

A New Wave of Surfing Sustainability

Cornwall-based Finisterre has set out to tackle the plastic choking our oceans—a global phenomenon that they are committed to solving through their innovative approach to outdoor clothing developme...

Bookstores Rewrite Communities

More than just what you see on the shelves, bookstores have the power to be the pulse of neighborhoods and dictate the discourse of cities. They bring communities together. A place for the young an...

A Surfing Idol Formed By Water's Magnetism

Raised between Michigan and Texas, Nique Miller never considered surfing until she moved to Hawai‘i on an athletics scholarship. Already at university age, she found her calling in the water and is...

An Ancient Mud Mosque Annually Restored

Djenné, a town of about 35,000 in the central region of Mali, is famous for its traditional mud-brick architecture and its UNESCO-protected mosque. Once a year the town comes together to restore t...

The Bold and The Boulder: El Capitan's History Maker

At 31 pitches and almost 3,000 feet (900 meters), Magic Mushroom was long considered the hardest route on El Cap until the Dawn Wall was climbed in 2015. It took Austrian Barbara 'Babsi' Zangerl th...

Unwavering Waterwomen

Professional surfer and writer Lauren L. Hill take us into the exhilarating world of modern female surfing. A diverse group of women from all the world that are bound for their love of waves. Going...

Founding Mothers of Professional Surfing

When surfing rose as a professional sport over half a century ago, women had to fight to be recognized by media and men. The women’s results of the 1965 World Championship were not even mentioned i...