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An interview with content creator, WSL host and professional surfer, Hunter Jones

When the world feels like it’s on fire, sometimes the best way to douse the flames is a little civil conversation. That’s one thing South Bay surfer Hunter Jones is really good at — well, that and backside vertical hacks. Following a year where the struggle for racial justice in America has everyone throwing keyboard haymakers at each other, Jones, a biracial surfer and content creator, isn’t afraid to discuss his role as a person of color in a world that has been pearly since white people told Hawaiians not to surf and then steered the culture of waveriding for the next hundred years. From his stint on   …  More

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