Journalism
As a staff writer for The Inertia, an online surfing publication, I write news, features, viral content and affiliate marketing pieces. Samples of my feature work are linked below. For a full list of my articles, please see my contributor page on The Inertia.
Sample Features
Surfing Never Left Réunion Island, Even at The Height of The 'Shark Crisis'
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Despite a massive rise in shark attacks that led to a surfing ban on Réunion Island, a dedicated group of locals kept up the search.
The Road To Nazaré With Balaram Stack and Eden Edwards
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On a trip to cover the Capitulo Perfeito Surfing competition in Portugal, I made a detour to watch two professional surfers take on the biggest wave in the world for the first time.
Tanner Bendheim Is the Most Popular Surfboard Shaper in the World
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I interviewed Tanner Bendheim, of the wildly successful YouTube channel Bendheimboards. Though he's an outsider to the surfing industry, he might be the most popular shaper in the world, as far as the internet is concerned.
Glen Walsh Makes Venice Surf Reports That Champion Localism Without Walls
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An interview with Glen Walsh, aka Glenice_Venice on Instagram, who has been producing his unique brand of hyper-local Venice beach surf forecasts for over a decade.
The Poochie Effect: A History of Adding Random Surf Scenes to Movies
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Since the '60s, surfing has become a catch-all way to inject cool points into fiction, usually to disastrous results. But where did this trend actually start?
Matt Biolos Remembers The First Surfboard He Ever Shaped
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The first part of an ongoing series, in which surfboard shapers tell the story behind the first board they ever made.