Secrets of Surf Travel
Breakdowns & Backroads
What happens after the pavement ends and something under the hood agrees with it.
Stories
Four decades of surf travel. The stories are being written down.
In the notebook
What’s coming to this page.
The archive runs from Baja backroads to Indonesian boat decks, and it’s being turned into words one story at a time. No spoilers and no fiction — when a story publishes here, it happened. The themes on deck:
Border Crossings
Stamps, checkpoints, and the art of staying friendly at a folding table in the heat.
The Meal That Found Us
Dinners that appeared out of nowhere, exactly when the plan had run out.
The Characters
The mechanics, captains, cooks, and strangers who turned trips into legends.
What Baja Teaches
The peninsula as a forty-year instructor in patience, improvisation, and trust.
Field Notes
The stories land in Field Notes first.
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