Cutting Room

Arruza Light: Extended Captions

A sample of Cuba-born, Florida-bred Tony Arruza’s photos and the stories behind them.

 

Film

Crystal Voyager

A short film featuring TSJ 32.2 profile subject Asher Pacey.

32.2

Essay

Searching for Koa

A simple side-rip can become an odyssey.

32.2

On Style

On Style

The act of stalling a surfboard occupies space up and to the right for lifelong surfers.

32.2

Interview

In Search of Lost Time

Gary “Kong” Elkerton on dealing with injury, intermittent fasting, transitioning to post-pro surfing life, and the power of optimism.

32.2

Feature

Specters of the North

Ghosts, ruins, merciless elements, and ephemeral slabs from an exceptional winter in the North Sea.

32.2

Feature

Just Before Departure

Four waves, a signature session, and Andy Irons’ last day on Kauai.

32.2

Feature

Crystal Voyager

Up in the gum trees with mineral hunter and tube savant Asher Pacey.

32.2

Portfolio

Arruza Light

During a still-Holocene era of surf photography, the work of Cuba-born, Florida-bred photographer Tony Arruza provided a distinctive point of view.

32.2

Feature

*Addendum: Palm Beach

Cased jetties, conspicuous opulence, and illegal parking.

32.2

Feature

Punta Impresario

Israel Preciado is driven by his Punta Mita beginnings—and an improbably detailed account of a midnight border crossing.

32.2

Portfolio

Eye of the Storm

Water photographer Christa Funk’s close-range imagery of the intense and the sublime.