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Muscle Beach: Surfing with Bonnie Tsui

Muscle Beach: Surfing with Bonnie Tsui

Mickie Meinhardt Profiles the Author of “On Muscle,” on a Surfboard

By Mickie Meinhardt | July 16, 2025

Waves and Wipeouts: On Learning How to Surf As an Adult

Waves and Wipeouts: On Learning How to Surf As an Adult

David Litt Considers the Value of Fear and Persistence in the Pursuit of a New Skill

By David Litt | June 25, 2025

Writing (and Riding) the Waves: Inside the History of “Surf Lit”

Writing (and Riding) the Waves: Inside the History of “Surf Lit”

Dan Reiter on the Intersection of the Athletic and the Artistic in the World of Surfing

By Dan Reiter | May 1, 2025

How Wave Riding is Like Writing: Liza Monroy on Surrendering to the Great Unknown

How Wave Riding is Like Writing: Liza Monroy on Surrendering to the Great Unknown

When I'm Not Writing, a Series About Writers and Their Hobbies

By Liza Monroy | March 8, 2023

Surfing as Sacrament: Returning to New York’s Waves on September 12, 2001

Surfing as Sacrament: Returning to New York’s Waves on September 12, 2001

Thad Ziolkowski on Grief and the Swell

By Thad Ziolkowski | July 20, 2021

What <em>The Endless Summer</em> Gets Right—and Wrong—About African Surf Culture

What The Endless Summer Gets Right—and Wrong—About African Surf Culture

Kunyalala Ndlovu Considers New Possibilities For Framing Global Surf Culture

By Kunyalala Ndlovu | June 15, 2021

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The Longstanding Love Affair of Cocaine and Surfing

By New Books Network | November 6, 2020

It's been a bittersweet week for surf literature.

By Dan Sheehan | October 7, 2020

Why Do We Swim?

By Bonnie Tsui | April 16, 2020

Big Waves, Short Stories, and Everything in Between

Big Waves, Short Stories, and Everything in Between

Tim Winton and Ron Rash Talk Craft, Voice, Landscape, and More

By Literary Hub | July 12, 2018

Pin-Ups First, Athletes Second: Sexism in Surfing

Pin-Ups First, Athletes Second: Sexism in Surfing

How Australian Surf-Lit Excludes Women

By Holly Isemonger | June 25, 2018

Working Less Can Save the World (and Other Philosophies of Surfing)

Working Less Can Save the World (and Other Philosophies of Surfing)

Hanging Ten With Kant and Sartre

By Aaron James | August 7, 2017

The Practical Navigator

The Practical Navigator

Stephen Metcalfe

By Lit Hub Excerpts | August 5, 2016

Bob Shacochis: How Surfing Lead Me to Writing

Bob Shacochis: How Surfing Lead Me to Writing

On a Pathological Love of the Hardest Sport in the World

By Bob Shacochis | July 8, 2016

An Endless Summer of the Best in Surf Lit

An Endless Summer of the Best in Surf Lit

From Dark Surf Noir to the Zen of the Waves

By Dwyer Murphy | June 15, 2016

The Joy and Terror of Learning to Surf at 49

The Joy and Terror of Learning to Surf at 49

Mylène Dressler Goes End Over End

By M Dressler | August 28, 2015