I'm trying to find out what's actually true, which is nearly always something, if not a world of things, that you can't read in books.
Poor-country surf communities can be complex and, to some extent, leveling. The fisherman's kid is competing head to head with the plutocrat's gilded… - William Finnegan
Poor-country surf communities can be complex and, to some extent, leveling. The fisherman's kid is competing head to head with the plutocrat's gilded…
- William Finnegan
The differences between the received wisdom, the standard version of events, and the facts on the ground may be subtle or they may be stark, even pro… - William Finnegan
The differences between the received wisdom, the standard version of events, and the facts on the ground may be subtle or they may be stark, even pro…
I need to conduct myself differently in different communities. In my experience, the journalistic conventions - you know, I'm the reporter, you're th… - William Finnegan
I need to conduct myself differently in different communities. In my experience, the journalistic conventions - you know, I'm the reporter, you're th…
I remember surfing in Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, even Madeira, when local fishermen had never seen a surfboard before, and refused to believe that we could … - William Finnegan
I remember surfing in Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, even Madeira, when local fishermen had never seen a surfboard before, and refused to believe that we could …
It's completely different, for instance, to report on poor farmers in Africa than it is to report on, say, poor African-Americans. The familiarity of… - William Finnegan
It's completely different, for instance, to report on poor farmers in Africa than it is to report on, say, poor African-Americans. The familiarity of…
Hawaii is the birthplace of surfing, and many Hawaiians or part-Hawaiians surf, but in the rest of the United States it's a pretty white sport. - William Finnegan
Hawaii is the birthplace of surfing, and many Hawaiians or part-Hawaiians surf, but in the rest of the United States it's a pretty white sport.
It's so much harder than it looks - to conjure a fictional world that some passing wolf of skepticism can't just blow down in one breath. - William Finnegan
It's so much harder than it looks - to conjure a fictional world that some passing wolf of skepticism can't just blow down in one breath.
There are big surfing communities in every country with an ocean coast that I know in Central and South America. Same with Mexico, Bali, and nearly e… - William Finnegan
There are big surfing communities in every country with an ocean coast that I know in Central and South America. Same with Mexico, Bali, and nearly e…
Even wars, big conflicts that have drawn a lot of news coverage, sometimes seem to me to have a center that hasn't been described, that might yet be … - William Finnegan
Even wars, big conflicts that have drawn a lot of news coverage, sometimes seem to me to have a center that hasn't been described, that might yet be …
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