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For decades, photographer and frequent TSJ contributor Mark McInnis has hunted surf in the coldest fringes of Earth. In his travels, no location has struck him quite like Island X, a remote outpost in the Bering Sea. With a foreword by filmmaker Ben Weiland, and featuring surfing by Josh Mulcoy, Pete Devries, Noah Wegrich, and island native Ricardo Merculief, Island X is a testament that empty perfection is still out there.
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