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19/09/2025

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16/09/2025

It was a great day for a hike at South Cape Beach in Mashpee - SLIDE SHOW https://capecodwave.com/south-cape-beach-mashpee-slide-show/

07/09/2025

SUNDAY LONGFORM: "Julia Salinger; Artist, Actress, Poet & More - A Profile."
Cape Cod Wave has written long profiles of some of the most important and interesting people on Cape Cod - politicians, musicians, artists, surfers and more.
Here is a profile, from January 2020, of a very interesting creative force on the Outer Cape - Julia Salinger.

WELLFLEET - “I don’t know the inside of Julia’s mind,” said Sky Freyss-Cole, a friend of artist Julia Salinger, ”but I feel like it’s this wild and fantastic place.” With a shock of gray hair that is almost always publicly adorned with some kind of ornamental headdress, Salinger, at 5....

30/08/2025

Dangerous Waves & Land Surfing At The Cape Cod Oldtimers Longboard Surfing Classic - VIDEO with music by The Grab Brothers.
https://capecodwave.com/dangerous-waves-land-surfing-at-the-oldtimers-longboard-surfing-classic-video/

27/08/2025

Here is a mashup music VIDEO of some of the acts from Saturday's Wellfleet Porchfest. https://capecodwave.com/wellfleet-porchfest-2025-mashup-music-video/

24/08/2025

It's the best day of the summer: the day of the Cape Cod Oldtimers Longboard Surfing Classic.
Here is our VIDEO of it from 2023 with music by the late, great Bruce Maclean.
https://capecodwave.com/a-beach-full-of-stoke-oldtimers-longboard-surfing-classic-2023-video-music-by-bruce-maclean/

20/08/2025

ICYMI - NEW LONGFORM STORY: “As ICE Acts on Cape Cod, Locals react.”
What is going on with ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) tactics on Cape Cod, and how are local officials and activists reacting?
For this story, Cape Cod Wave talked with U.S. Congressman William Keating(D-MA), Barnstable Country Sheriff Donna Buckley, state Senator Julian Cyr (D-Cape & Islands), Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce CEO Paul Niedzwiecki, and three activists involved in immigration services on Cape Cod.
It is a 17-minute read.
https://capecodwave.com/frozen-out-as-ice-acts-on-cape-cod-locals-react/

19/08/2025

NEW LONGFORM STORY: “As ICE Acts on Cape Cod, Locals react.”
What is going on with ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) tactics on Cape Cod, and how are local officials and activists reacting?
For this story, Cape Cod Wave talked with U.S. Congressman William Keating(D-MA), Barnstable Country Sheriff Donna Buckley, state Senator Julian Cyr (D-Cape & Islands), Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce CEO Paul Niedzwiecki, and three activists involved in immigration services on Cape Cod.
It is a 17-minute read.
https://capecodwave.com/frozen-out-as-ice-acts-on-cape-cod-locals-react/

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19/08/2025

This Thursday is the Provincetown Carnival Parade.
Here is a short documentary VIDEO capturing the always joyful spirit of Carnival.
This is from the 2018 Carnival accompanied by a great song, "Ptown Pants" by Out Late with Diana Di Gioia. https://capecodwave.com/provincetown-carnival-2018-music-by-out-late-with-diana-di-gioia/

17/08/2025

There is only one more week until the best day of the summer: next Sunday is the Cape Cod Oldtimers Longboard Surfing Classic.
Here is our VIDEO from last year, when it was very foggy with remnants lingering hundreds of miles offshore, creating some challenging waves and at least one broken surfboard. https://capecodwave.com/longboards-big-waves-at-the-50th-oldtimers-surfing-classic-video/

15/08/2025

New movie column by Tim Miller. Tim reviews "Weapons."
https://capecodwave.com/creggers-weapons-hits-the-bulls-eye-play-it-again-tim/

10/08/2025

SUNDAY MORNING LONGFORM: "Mike Houghton, Once Upon A Time At Jasper’s Surf Shop - A Profile In Memoriam"
For several decades, Mike Houghton and his surf shop, Jasper’s Surf Shop In Eastham, was the center of Cape surfing world.
Here is a profile in memoriam of Houghton, who died in July 2021 at 80 years hold, and of his iconic sand-on-the-floors surf shop and the scene that was created there.
Most of Cape Cod Wave is free. We also have a “Longform” category of stories from 2,000 words to 10,000 words long. We have written long profiles of some of the most important and interesting people on Cape Cod - politicians, musicians, artists, surfers and more. We have done deep dives into some of Cape Cod’s important issues - housing, jobs, the environment and more.
This story from October 2021, a 35-minute read, only costs only $3 to read, less than a cup of coffee. Monthly and yearly memberships also available.
If you like these kinds of stories, please support Longform journalism on Cape Cod and consider a membership.
https://capecodwave.com/mike-houghton-once-upon-a-time-at-jaspers-surf-shop-a-profile-in-memoriam/