Lewis Samuels's guest appearances

Lewis Samuels

Exploring Nature, Culture and Inner Life

The Progression Project

Vicki Robin

David Smith

Michael Samuels

Frances McDormand

Michael Pollan

Richard Grossman

Caroline Casey

Richard Tarnas

Rachel Lang

Henry David Thoreau

David Steindl-Rast

Michael Lerner

BJ Miller

Norman Fischer

Walt Whitman

OwlTail

Lewis Samuels, now foilbrained, is a surf journalist known for creating Surfline's Power Rankings and the PostSurf blog.  Lewis shares his thoughts on surf culture, social media's influence on the sport, what he loves about foiling, and reflects on his career in surf journalism.

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Lewis SamuelsMaking Waves on Both Sea and LandJoin TNS Host Steve Heilig for a conversation with Bolinas-born Lewis Samuels—surfer, shark dodger, and surf writer for  Surfer Magazine and other magazines in the United States, Australia, England, France, Brazil, and Japan.Lewis SamuelsLewis Samuels is a senior writer for Surfer Magazine, best known for his caustic wit and unflinching honesty. In search of the story, Samuels has chased swells to Sumatra and Ireland, dodged great white sharks, shadowed Kelly Slater on the path to an 11th world title, shot automatic weapons with Hawaiian gangsters, surfed Maverick’s with the world’s best big wave surfers, driven one top-10 surfer to seek therapy, and weathered threats from MMA fighters, stalkers, professional surfers, and publicly traded surf brands, who are accustomed to the surf media delivering advertorial content. Samuels’ articles have appeared in premier surf magazines in the US, Australia, England, France, Brazil, and Japan. He was born and raised in Bolinas and now lives in San Francisco. And yes, that surf photo features him (photo by John Barton)Find out more about The New School at tns.commonweal.org.

Lewis Samuels Making Waves on Both Sea and Land Join TNS Host Steve Heilig for a conversation with Bolinas-born Lewis Samuels—surfer, shark dodger, and surf writer for Surfer Magazine and other magazines in the United States, Australia, England, France, Brazil, and Japan. Lewis Samuels Lewis Samuels is a senior writer for Surfer Magazine, best known for his caustic wit and unflinching honesty. In search of the story, Samuels has chased swells to Sumatra and Ireland, dodged great white sharks, shadowed Kelly Slater on the path to an 11th world title, shot automatic weapons with Hawaiian gangsters, surfed Maverick’s with the world’s best big wave surfers, driven one top-10 surfer to seek therapy, and weathered threats from MMA fighters, stalkers, professional surfers, and publicly traded surf brands, who are accustomed to the surf media delivering advertorial content. Samuels’ articles have appeared in premier surf magazines in the US, Australia, England, France, Brazil, and Japan. He was born and raised in Bolinas and now lives in San Francisco. And yes, that surf photo features him (photo by John Barton) Find out more about The New School at <a href="http://tns.commonweal.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">tns.commonweal.org</a>.

2015.02.18: Lewis Samuels - Making Waves on Both Sea and Land