Category: Surf

South America Surf Travel Wine

An Ode to the Off-Season in Punta del Este, Uruguay

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Photography by Samantha Demangate When you think of lavishness and wealth, Uruguay hardly comes to mind. It’s a small, unpretentious, and nature oriented country where being flashy is far from respected by society. Yet, even though it’s one of the most humble places on the continent, the city of Punta del Este has become South America’s riviera. Every year, millions of people pour onto its sandy beaches and into its hotels and casinos, hoping to…

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South America Surf

Chilean Highways: Valdivia to Pichilemu 

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Photography by Samantha Demangate It’s rare to see blue skies all day in Chile’s Lake District. This portion of Patagonia belongs to the moniker ‘the roaring forties’ and it often lives up to it. On March 13, 2022, however, it was sunnier than Phoenix in June. We had just spent a week immersed in Chiloé Island and were now ready for our return trip to Santiago. For this stretch we set off to discover the…

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North America Surf

A Search For Waves In West Michigan

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For three days in September, during a blustery summer-fall seasonal transition, I drove south to the town of Manistee to spend precious time with my father. I brought my boards to capitalize on the forecasted North swell and perfect wind, hoping to score some surf in West Michigan’s less wave-ridden coast.  Manistee is a small, blue-collar fishing town; one of the many rural American towns with a decreasing population and a pride for holding on…

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