There I was. A bitter Nor Cal surfer who had been sentenced to live in Surf Purgatory USA for more than a year, riding a paltry smattering of waves during the entire length of time. And yet, suddenly...

With a string of storms pushing wave heights well over twenty feet in Northern California towards the end of the year, surfers like myself are praying that Half Moon Bay will be a shelter that...

Having lived in Santa Barbara for over a year I am starting to gain a reputation as a whiner and complainer. "There's never any waves in SB." "God it's so small here!"...

Just musing on the possibilities allowed by proficiency in the sport of kayaking: How about a twelve mile paddle to Anacapa Island from the mainland where you are able to navigate through a tunnel...

Interested in "stepping off a cliff"? You know, just for the fun of it. With a rise in popularity of daredevil, thrill-seeking sports like base-jumping, kite boarding and of course flying....

In order to get a better sense of place, many authors travel to and stay among the people of the location of their works of art. Way back in the 1980's I was privileged to be mentored for a...

Do you ever get into a trend with a particular author where you want to devour all of their books? Where one is not enough? You want the voice and the storytelling to extend and continue, like a...

What is a surf novelist? How can a fictional work find its way into the category of both "surfing" and "mystery" novel? These questions and others I ponder while cogitating upon...

Two very influential men, in terms of their effect on the ecological and environmental awareness of people in the United States, are Aldo Leopold and Eustace Conway. Despite coming from different...