SUP Magazine: They Sailed to Nova Scotia for Freedom. I Traced Their Path to Find if They Ever Got It
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The tide is high at a wide sandy point off Martinique Beach in Nova Scotia. The waves are slender and short, my surfboard a sharp single-fin incision. As the cool Atlantic waters glaze my Finisterre wetsuit, I paddle and paddle until my board finally lifts up. I pop up over a wave, feet planted, arms balanced, the wind boosting me to shore just a few seconds before I fall. Just 30 miles east from the beach, tucked between Highway 7 and an evergreen wilderness of balsam fir and pine trees, sits ...