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Its Actually NOT Crap: A Buyer's Guide for Tasteful, Affordable, Crap Eyewear

It's Actually Not Crap The name is a problem. You hear "Crap Eyewear" and you think gag gift, dollar store, the kind of sunglasses that snap the first time you...
— molly thomas
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Harleys in the Sahara: El Solitario's Desert Wolves

Harleys in the Sahara El Solitario MC took three Harley-Davidsons — road bikes, highway cruisers, six hundred pounds of American asphalt machinery — and rode them 2,500 miles across the...
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Tagged: adventure desert wolves el solitario harley davidson sahara

The Era of Control: Why Motorcycles Won't Survive 2050

The Era of Control The EU wants zero road deaths by 2050. Motorcycles, which require human skill and human risk and human attention, do not survive that math. The custom...
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Wheels & Waves Is Not a Motorcycle Festival

Wheels & Waves Is Not a Motorcycle Festival It's a surf gathering that happens to have motorcycles, a motorcycle gathering that happens to have waves, and the last place in...
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Your Sunscreen Is Killing the Reef and the Label Says It Isn't

Your Sunscreen Is Killing the Reef and the Label Says It Isn't The term "reef safe" has no legal definition. The chemicals in most sunscreen cause coral to poison itself....
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Only Outlaws Will Be Free: The Custom Motorcycles of El Solitario MC

Something has gone wrong with custom motorcycles. Not recently — it's been going wrong for a while now, accumulating quietly like rust under paint, and at this point the whole...
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Side Bites: When They Help, When They Don't, and When They Ruin Your Board

Your board has side bite boxes. You have side bites in a drawer somewhere. The question everyone asks and nobody answers clearly: should you put them in? Here's the actual...
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Twin Fins and the Trailer Question: What Adding a Third Fin Actually Does

Twin fins are the most fun fin setup in surfing. They're also the most misunderstood. And the question that won't die: should you add a trailer fin? Here's how they...
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Gato Heroi Surfboards: Complete Model Guide & Board Selection (2026)

Gato Heroi Surfboards: Complete Model Guide & Board Selection (2026)

Complete guide to every Gato Heroi surfboard model. Quick reference table, board pairings, fin recommendations, and how to choose the right Gato for your surfing style.
— Molly
Tagged: buyer guide gato heroi longboards midlengths robin kegel single fin surfboard guide surfboards

Silverchair Made Freak Show at 16 While the Industry Tried to Break Them

Silverchair's second album was made by teenagers being paraded around the world. The imagery told you exactly what was happening.
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Best Fin for a Mid-Length (And How to Stop Second-Guessing Yourself)

Board-specific fin picks for eggs, speed shapes, and 2+1 mid-lengths—plus a tuning framework that stops the second-guessing.
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Tagged: 2+1 4a egg fins greenough mid-length ocean beach single fin speed shape true ames

The 4C Isn't a Greenough Fin (And Why It Might Be Better for Your Log)

The 4C isn't a Greenough design—Paul Gross created it from scratch. Here's why that matters for choosing between the 4A and 4C.
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