Meaning in the Maelstrom
Big-wave film headlines Santa Barbara Surf Film Festival.
Ethan Stewart
Recent Stories
Santa Barbara’s Conner Coffin Vies for World Surf Title
The championship will be held later this month at Lower Trestles in San Clemente.
Death Is Forever… and So Are You
Lessons from a decade of dancing with death.
SBIFF: By Hand is an Epic Ocean Adventure
Film documents two brothers who stand-up paddle board from Alaska to Mexico.
Santa Barbara ‘Heads-Up’ Swimmer Has Olympic Hopes
Jesse Zastrow adopts an old technique that had won gold medals but fell out of fashion.
Santa Barbara Attempting to Break World Record for “Largest Backwards Walk”
The Guinness-sanctioned event is scheduled for June 2 on State Street.
‘Path of the Puma’ Inspires
Peppered with gorgeous wildlife photography, the book is equal parts adventure story, personal memoir, and mountain lions.
T.C. Boyle Takes on Acid
Montecito author goes behind the scenes of “Outside Looking In.”
‘On the Edge of a Dream’ Premieres in Santa Barbara
Documentary chronicles surfing legend George Greenough’s pursuit of hydrodynamic nirvana.
Dr. Richard L. Miller on the Potentials and Pitfalls of Psychedelics
Are they a shortcut to enlightenment and mutant healing powers?