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Scenes of Surf

Moments of joy, reverence, and devotion within Okinawa’s surfing community come into focus through the lens of local photographers.

IMAGES BY
Takuma Chida & Hideki Ito
Unlike the vast majority of surf spots in Okinawa, the shallow waters of this one in Motobu offers up swell like a beach break.

Woodworker Tetsuya Fujishiro of Nakijin village carves a surfboard fin from Okinawa’s native sendan (chinaberry) tree.

Yanbaru surfboard shaper Toshiyuki Nakamura takes a board out for a test ride.
His son, Tao, rides a wave.
A work in progress at G-Factory, a surfboard factory in Nago.

My surf photography is more about emotion and mood than technique. I just ride the wave without thinking.

Hideki Ito, Photographer
Image by Hideki Ito
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