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Interesting and at times riveting, The Wave is the story of the ocean's giant and rogue waves -- and the people who try to surf them.Half the book focuses on the science of giant waves and their effects on coastal communities and shipping; the other half follows big wave surfing's best-known names a...
edited 3/12/11 to add references and some linksWe are surrounded by waves: electromagnetic, light, radio, and water. They can be helpful providing power, light and communication; but they can also carry unimaginable force. The science of waves and surf forecasting is relatively new. It began in ea...
It's no The Last Wave, but....Wait, I did that one. Casey should have gone whole hog with the rippers: this is a book about the sea via many (many, many) engagements with surfers mystically ('though also with brute physical consequence) climbing up huge-ass waves. Every other chapter circles 'roun...
The Wave is an action packed adventure book, much like Jon Krakauer's books, it will leave you breathless. There are lots of interesting facts about waves in general. I have lived in Huntington Beach, CA, for over 20 years and spend a few hours each week at the beach watching surfers at dog beach....
Size matters to Toronto-born Susan Casey, wave size that is. She is interested in the big kahunas of wave-dom, rogues, freaks, giants or monsters that rise a hundred feet or more above the surrounding water. Think The Perfect Storm. Then think bigger. Scientists once dismissed the notion of waves th...
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