In this episode, conducted by The Surfing Historian producer, Taylor Ramone, she talks with podcast host and historian, Dr. Jason Old, about his research on the surfing history of Nicaragua, as well as the motivations behind writing his dissertation, “The Politics of Waves: A Transnational and Cultural Surfing History of Popoyo, Nicaragua.” Jason’s research has three principal aims: First, to show how external conditions created an economic framework conducive to buying property and developing this part of Nicaragua. Second, to explain the link between surfing and Tola’s transformation from a coastal periphery to an international tourism hotspot. Third, to track the proliferation of a robust surfing subculture among Tola’s rural residents, as well as surfing’s evolution into a Nicaraguan national sport.

You can read Jason’s dissertation along with other published articles by him at the following link: https://seuniversity.academia.edu/JasonOld.

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Artwork by Nacer Ahmadi: IG @nacerfilez

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