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Surfin' USSR, a story by Gray Hughes

Surfin' USSR

A search for freedom.

A photographic story/Russia

Surfin' USSR, a story by Gray Hughes

The story

On Russia’s Arctic Circle, a small community of surfers chase waves through freezing water, treacherous coastlines and the remnants of the Soviet Union. In one of the harshest environments on Earth, they’ve found an unlikely place to escape.