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Jason is a historian of twentieth- and twenty-first-century US and Latin American history. He holds a Ph.D. in History from the University of South Florida, and his research centers around the cultural and economic impacts of surfing and surf tourism in the Tola Municipality of southwestern Nicaragua. If you’d like to learn more about Jason, his research, or whatever else he’s up to, click the link below to read more, and/or click the social media icons to follow him and stay connected.

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Podcast Library

Featured Books

Empire in Waves: A Political History of Surfing (Volume 1) (Sport in World History)

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Surf and Rescue: George Freeth and the Birth of California Beach Culture (Sport and Society)

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Surfer Girls in the New World Order

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Surfing about Music

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Surfing and Social Theory: Experience, Embodiment and Narrative of the Dream Glide

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Surfing the South: The Search for Waves and the People Who Ride Them

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Surfing with Sartre: An Aquatic Inquiry into a Life of Meaning

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Surf Book for Kiddos

Come along with the Newb Squad for a fun day at the beach. Have your surfboard ready, and the crew will scoop you up in “Kovi,” big brother Mahi’s rad surf bus. You’re welcome to paddle out with them and experience the stoke of surfing too—Mahi will be teaching his siblings how to catch waves and surf safely.

They’ll drop you off at home at sunset after an awesome day of wave riding. Be sure to let them know you’re coming so they can make room for you on the surf bus. 

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