The Greatest Beer Run Ever - John 'Chick' Donohue and J.T. Travels with George - Nathaniel Philbrick It's Better to be Feared - Seth Wickersham The Elements of Style - William Strunk Jr. Violating Baseball's Code Piece by Jason Turbow.Magazine - Zappos / TOMS Shoes / 37signals CE. Sports Illustrated Excerpt from Susan Casey's 'The.The Teaching in Public Schools - from Time Magazine.32 Great Sports Illustrated Covers from Joe Posnanski.Ex-CEO as Nebraska Volunteer Coach / Not too Late.and mention of Laird Hamilton's ride featured on the cover of Surfer Magazine.ĭefinitely looking forward to reading the entire book from Casey.

The piece itself within this issue of SI is 'The Wave' and actually an excerpt from the upcoming (Sept 14 release) Casey book 'The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks and Giants of the Ocean.' Reading the story itself, lots of cool stuff about the aforementioned quest for the 100 foot wave ride and big wave surfing.įound particularly interesting the portion about the surf spot Teahupo'o off the coast of Tahiti. big fan of Susan Casey ever since reading her book 'The Devil's Teeth' about the Farallon Islands off San Francisco and linked to and posted about her work here. The idea of someone surfing a 100 foot wave (and the $500,000 prize for the first to do) is intriguing and I've found big wave surfing in general to be interesting since watching the movie Riding Giants. Noted at the top is 'Surfing's Sacred Monster: The-100 Foot Wave' and the associated author Susan Casey. About half of the book follows Laird Hamilton as he chases the biggest waves in the world to surf, while the other half documents the scientists who strive to understand what causes rogue waves and how to. For legendary surfer Laird Hamilton, hundred foot waves represent the ultimate challenge. Read 1,433 reviews from the world’s largest community for readers. The Wave by Susan Casey is an excellent chronicle of the people who chase big waves, and the people who try to understand and predict them. Was excited to see the latest Sports Illustrated cover and one of the pieces within. A New York Times Notable Book A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year In her astonishing new book Susan Casey captures colossal, ship-swallowing waves, and the surfers and scientists who seek them out.

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