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As we’ll learn below, Harvard suggests that a flow state can occur when skill and challenge are in balance. That might happen in surfing. But it also might not change your life. Photo: Trevor Moran

Surfing Can Put You In A Flow State Which Optimizes Your Entire Life, Or Perhaps Not

Stab’s resident neuroscientist unpacks ‘flow’ for us.

Words by Ethan Davis
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