Month: January 2017

Cold Water Warriors

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Happy winter, everyone! I've got a new essay out in Salt magazine about the history of wintertime surfing in the frigid waters on the Carolina coast. It's just the right read for this chilly time of year: in it, you'll find what surfers wore to keep warm in the days before neoprene, and how the … Continue reading Cold Water Warriors

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Here’s to the Land of the Longleaf Pine

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Read the new essay HERE: http://www.encorepub.com/35848-2/ Friends, Today I discovered that the best way to ring in a New Year is to see one's name on the cover of encore magazine. My favorite independent weekly publication printed an essay I wrote in a fit of passion at the end of last year, in which I respond … Continue reading Here’s to the Land of the Longleaf Pine