'A remarkable story that will appeal to those who ride a board and
those who have never set foot in the water alike.' NEWCASTLE HERALD
In GHOST WAVE, Chris Dixon dives deep into the fascinating history
of Cortes Bank and the motley brotherhood of argumentative,
damaged, brave and quirky margin walkers who discovered and scaled
the tallest mountain in the sea. Along the way, he'll show how
these pioneering wave-addicts changed our very understanding of the
science of surfing, while giving sea-level credence to
environmentalists' fears that the weather is indeed going haywire.
GHOST WAVE is the result of extensive interviews not only with
these surfers and those close to them, but also with psychologists
who provide insights into their strange addiction to deadly waves.
Dixon draws on the knowledge of oceanographers and meteorologists
as well as emulating his own experience as a lifelong surfer. 'The
object of my obsession for the past few years has been a sunken
island 100 miles off the southern California coast called the
Cortes Bank. On just the right swells, in just the right
conditions, the three foot deep summit of this mile-high
mountaintop produces the biggest surfable wave on the face of the
earth ...'
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