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29 August 07
NEW BOOK "HIGH SURF" OUT SOON
My new book, "High Surf," will be in stores in early October, through Harper Collins Publishers.
General
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"High Surf" is a collection of profiles, quotes and anecdotes from some of the most inspiring surfers I have had the good fortune to meet, over 20 years of surf writing. World champions like Kelly Slater, Mark Richards and Pauline Menzcer are interviewed alongside intriguing surfing characters like novelist Tim Winton, violinist Richard Tognetti, ethicist Peter Singer, chef Steven Snow and tribal elders like Buffalo Keaulana and Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz. The central question posed through all these profiles is: "What have you learnt from surfing and the ocean". The responses are varied and fascinating and form a kind of mosaic "philosophy of surfing" or ocean-worn wisdom. Doc Paskowitiz recently made news headlines around the world by his trip to the Gaza Strip with a bunch of surfboards he wanted to donate to Palestinian surfers, as part of his "Surf for Peace" mission. "If we can learn to surf together, we can learn to live together," Doc told reporters.
More details and extracts will be posted on this site soon.