William Finnegan

New Yorker magazine

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Long-time journalist and staff writer for the New Yorker, where he's covered wars in Somalia and Sudan; author of Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life

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Kelly Slater has long been considered the greatest surfer alive. He teamed up with USC engineers to design a machine that could create not just any wave, but a perfect wave.

Surf champ Kelly Slater invents a machine to create the perfect wave

Kelly Slater has long been considered the greatest surfer alive. He teamed up with USC engineers to design a machine that could create not just any wave, but a perfect wave.

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In 1978 a young writer dropped everything and toured the developing world looking for the perfect wave. Journalist William Finnegan tells us what he found along the way.

One Writer's Search for the Perfect Wave

In 1978 a young writer dropped everything and toured the developing world looking for the perfect wave. Journalist William Finnegan tells us what he found along the way.

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