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The Voodoo Wave: Inside a Season of Triumph and Tumult at Maverick's
Mark Kreidler
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Description for The Voodoo Wave: Inside a Season of Triumph and Tumult at Maverick's
Paperback. "A finely crafted tale of the enigmatic world of big-wave surfers."-Kirkus Reviews Num Pages: 272 pages, 8 pages of photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; WSSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 226.
The Maverick’s surf point near Half Moon Bay, California, has long been one of the most dangerous places in the world to catch a ride. It is also the site of the Super Bowl of big-wave surfing: the Maverick’s Surf Contest. Mark Kreidler takes readers inside the waves, inside the lives of the competitors, and introduces them to Jeff Clark, the man who first dared to ride Maverick’s. Kreidler’s riveting account of the 2010 season captures the jaw-dropping performance of South Africa’s Chris Bertish as well as Clark’s clashes with the contest’s newly corporatized management. The Voodoo Wave is a ... Read more
The Maverick’s surf point near Half Moon Bay, California, has long been one of the most dangerous places in the world to catch a ride. It is also the site of the Super Bowl of big-wave surfing: the Maverick’s Surf Contest. Mark Kreidler takes readers inside the waves, inside the lives of the competitors, and introduces them to Jeff Clark, the man who first dared to ride Maverick’s. Kreidler’s riveting account of the 2010 season captures the jaw-dropping performance of South Africa’s Chris Bertish as well as Clark’s clashes with the contest’s newly corporatized management. The Voodoo Wave is a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Number of pages
243
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393342406
SKU
V9780393342406
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About Mark Kreidler
Mark Kreidler is a sportswriter and columnist who frequently contributes to ESPN.com and ESPN: The Magazine. He is the author of Four Days to Glory and Six Good Innings and lives in Davis, California.
Reviews for The Voodoo Wave: Inside a Season of Triumph and Tumult at Maverick's
"A fascinating, insidery look at what happens when a commercial entity, Mavericks Surf Ventures, attempts to turn a monstrous surf break into a big-bucks brand... Read it now before Curtis Hanson's Gerald Butler-starring, apostrophe-deleting movie Mavericks hits theaters next year."