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Stab’s “Stop Dropping Pins” photoshoot (featuring a young Ethan Ewing!) and story addressed the problem of geotagging surf spots in 2016. That same year, Instagram announced it had 500 million users. Today, that number is reported to be north of a billion. Here, Jed Smith explores how that has impacted surf culture. Photo: Rambo Estrada

Social Media Is Killing Surfing

It’s time to put away our phones and ask others to do the same.

Words by Jed Smith
Reading Time: 8 minutes

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