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Surfing came into Marlim Reynosa’s life at a time when she felt lost and was experiencing panic attacks. It wasn’t until a friend who was living on the Dominican Republic's North Coast invited Marlim to visit did surfing become accessible for her culturally. By Marlim Reynosa, lead instructor at Brown Girl Surf  Even though I went to college in Southern California, the mecca of surfing, I never thought it was for me. Everything about it felt so alien. It was only when I saw surfing in a familiar cultural setting (Dominicans surfing in my country), was I able to think of surfing...

The surf community is notoriously insular, white, straight and male. Anyone outside of these categories must navigate a surfing world that does not cater to their cultural reality or body types. 

Marlin Ray ponchos are made with great care to detail for quality and design at Wildlife Works Fair Trade Factory in Kenya. One of our favorite design elements of the Marlin Ray ponchos is the hand-twisted tassels. Having these tassels dangling off the straight lines of the poncho design patterns present a very precise production process that requires each poncho to be individually hand cut and sewn.  CUTTING  Each poncho is made from precut fabric that comes with hand-twisted tassels on either end. We designed the hood and pocket pattern pieces to maximize both the length of the poncho and fabric yield...

By Joyce Hu This is not a promotion. We mean it: stop buying crap, immediately if possible, for the long-term. The only “promotion” Marlin Ray will ever run on Black Friday is #BuyNothing. Go enjoy nature, talk to your friends and family, hug a tree. And beyond Buy Nothing “Day” we encourage you to extend this into a permanent lifestyle. The miracle of nature is too personal and inspiring for us to ignore the consequences of our extreme consumer culture. The explosive growth and globalization of the apparel industry has accelerated pollution everywhere. This industry is one of the top five sources of global warming, contributing...