Taira Blakely

Taira Blakely is New Zealand Surf Journal's roving global editor. He is a cold water surfer and photographer from the northeast corner of the US. He was recently based in Dunedin for university and has since returned to surf, shoot, and write. When the waves are flat, Taira is a full-time university student at Bowdoin College.

Watch: The Impossible Wave

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Thirty years ago, ISA president Fernando Aguerre dreamed that surfing might one day be included in the Olympic Games. No one could have predicted how challenging that pursuit would be. The Impossible Wave follows Fernando Aguerre’s improbable mission to push surfing into the Olympic spotlight. After 27 years and 12,000 hours...
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