Searching for stoke in Indian Ocean surf zones: surfaris, offshoring and the shore-break.
This article takes up the idea of Indian Ocean ‘natural logics’ while shifting attention from ‘cultures of trade’ to leisure culture, and from monsoon winds to waves. Surfers who ride these bands of moving energy describe the experience as one of being ‘stoked’, and the search for stoke has over the...
| Published in: | Journal of the Indian Ocean Region Vol. 13; no. 3; pp. 311 - 326 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Nov2017
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