book recomendations

"The Glass Bikini" by Seymore Hare...HaaaaaHaa!

 

The Wave by Susan Casey
Kook by Peter Heller (read it 3x's)

 

"Eddie Would Go"
"Chasing Mickey Dora"
"Dogs of Winter" - Kem Nunn
"Learning Hawaiian Surfing" - Jack London

 

Awwww, emass is that you whining to Admin yet again about those mean boys...?

 

Kathy, I told you, I'm finishing the book as fast as I can. Any disruptions will delay its completion. I'm really hoping you free me from captivity following its release. Thanks número uno!

 

2 books. very surf related. 1 nonfiction fitness book that will get you in shape for lots of surf trips. the next is a fiction story that inspires the right state of mind for going on these trips:
1. the total money makeover
2. have spacesuit will travel

 

Currently reading - The Fear Project. Excellent.

A little Emass... but...

WAVES:
GREAT: Ghost Wave: The Discovery of Cortes Bank and the Biggest Wave on Earth by Chris Dixon (Oct 12, 2011)
MUST HAVE (great for NJ and beyond): Stormrider Guide North America (Stormrider Guides) by Bruce Sutherland (Jul 15, 2002)

Talking Story:
GREAT: Surf Is Where You Find It by Gerry Lopez (May 1, 2009)
Caught Inside: A Surfer's Year on the California Coast by Daniel Duane (Apr 10, 1997)
All for a Few Perfect Waves: The Audacious Life and Legend of Rebel Surfer Miki Dora by David Rensin (Mar 24, 2009)
The Water's End by Christopher Hawkins (Jul 6, 2006)
Lost Coast, The by Drew Kampion and Jeff Peterson (Dec 3, 2007)
Kook: What Surfing Taught Me About Love, Life, and Catching the Perfect Wave by Peter Heller
Fierce Heart: The Story of Makaha and the Soul of Hawaiian Surfing by Stuart Holmes Coleman (Apr 28, 2009)

Surf Philosophy:
GREAT: West of Jesus: Surfing, Science, and the Origins of Belief by Steven Kotler (May 29, 2007)
Saltwater Buddha: A Surfer's Quest to Find Zen on the Sea by Jaimal Yogis (May 1, 2009)

Surf Fiction:
CLASSIC: In Search of Captain Zero: A Surfer's Road Trip Beyond the End of the Road by A. C. Weisbecker (Sep 16, 2002)
Plus there’s Cosmic Banditos, and Can't You Get Along With Anyone?
Tapping the Source by Kem Nunn (Dec 30, 2005)
The Dogs of Winter by Kem Nunn (Mar 1, 1998)
Tijuana Straits: A Novel by Kem Nunn (Oct 4, 2005)

Fitness
GREAT: Force of Nature: Mind, Body, Soul, And, of Course, Surfing by Laird Hamilton (Aug 31, 2010)
GREAT: Fit to Surf : The Surfer's Guide to Strength and Conditioning by Rocky Snyder (Jul 1, 2003)

Board appreciation:
Greg Noll: The Art Of The Surfboard by Drew Kampion and Greg Noll (Apr 1, 2007)

Business/Life inspiration:
GREAT: Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman by Yvon Chouinard (Sep 5, 2006)
Surfer's Code: 12 Simple Lessons for Riding Through Life by Shaun Tomson and Patrick Moser (Sep 13, 2006)
GREAT: Raising the Bar: Integrity and Passion in Life and Business: The Story of Clif Bar & Co. by Gary Erickson and Lois Lorentzen (Oct 27, 2006)

 

Hey Goofy Footer, is The Lost Coast good? If one has a thing for northern California, does it satisfy?

Man, In Search of Captain Zero isn't fiction. Neither is CYGAWA. Dude, Captain Zero was in High Times and all. Alan Weisbecker is a real person. So is Lisa. No wonder Mr. Weisbecker pops pills and smokes so much.

 

Even though he's from North Jersey, everyone(at least the regulars) should buy a copy of this book. Just do it. Spicoli, you should buy two.

Jeez, MattyB don't be so modest. You should have told us you got a book published. You ever see Goodfellas where Jimmy's all excited that Tommy's getting made. Well, that's how I feel now.

Nice accomplishment.

I hope your mental health is good.

People, don't be a-holes, and buy the dude's book.

 

By fiction I was referring to Alan's loss of reality at times... he is writing what he remembers and with that, you never know.

Lost Coast was good. I only posted what I enjoyed, there's a few I've read that didn't make this cut.

Forgot to add: On a Wave. and Cliffs of Insanity. Both GREAT.

 

Thanks PJB. I appreciate the positive support from everybody who gave it. If you want to read a chapter this website put up a nice post of the book today. Please check it out, gain perspective from one day in Iraq. Thanks

http://theinterrobang.com/2013/08/w...is-time-in-iraq-and-coming-home-book-excerpt/

 

#books

2 years before the mast - richard henry dana (the dude dana point is named after)
travels with charley in search of america - john steinbeck
billy budd/bartleby/moby **** - herman melville
rabbit, run - john updike
new hampshire - robert frost
"playing doc's games" - william finnegan --http://kingofkooks.blogspot.com/2009/12/playing-docs-games-new-yorker-1992.html
surfers guide to southern california


READ AMERICAN WRITERS---A HEALTHY SENSE OF NATIONALISM IS NOT A CRIME


enjoy


lifes too short to read just surfing books

 

With the full understanding that the OP is almost 5 years old and jimmycrab has no doubt long returned from his trip, here are my 20th century American writer recommendations:

Cannery Row and Log from the Sea of Cortez - both by John Steinbeck.
The Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway.
Chesapeake - James Mitchner.

 

'Conversations' with your blow up doll are better left in your bedroom & not posted here, emhola hole.

 

Back to the thread:

'Dispatches' by Michael Herr
'The Art of Racing in the Rain' by Garth Stein

.....agree with life's too short to read only surf books....but I do like the well-told surf tales

 

Kon Tiki too!

 

I finally found DA BULL in paperback for a reasonable price, when it arrived it was the paper cover of DA BULL wrapped around a frickin Harry Potter book!

 

Rabbit run by john Updike, great
suggestion, really anything by Updike!
Also anything by Edward Abby. Hemingway,
was also a great suggestion.

 

pipe dreams by ke12y slater.shaun tomson has a good book too,forgot the name.big juice,its about bigwave surfing,even got a little article about jjf when he was 15 took the boat out to mavs with his mom n bros just to watch the storm of the millinium

 

im happy to see there are a few good souls on this website.i checked out your book on the amazon link,looks good and il have to pick it up at barnes and noble.good luck to u and I hope the gov is taking good care of u for your services