"Most surfers’ best protection is self-knowledge; they only go out when the size of the wave matches their skill level, and no higher. And all surfers know the admonition about going out with a buddy, or at least when there are others in the water. Just in case. It is common sense. It is wisdom. And yet, some days, I go out alone."

—Mylène Dressler on the allure of surfing and the joy she finds in the water.

https://longreads.com/2023/04/11/the-buddy-system/

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The Buddy System

There is nothing quite like it. Surfing is a way of being connected to a deeper deep, an older old.

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