ALL FOR A FEW PERFECT WAVES
"A far-reaching oral history."
-- New York Times
“Until now enigmatic surfer legend
Miki Dora’s history was written only
in water, but David Rensin’s primo
All for a Few Perfect Waves catches
the life of this charismatic renegade.”
-- Vanity Fair
"This great book is (Dora's) iconoclastic epitaph." -- Times (London)
Dora's life serves as both aspirational legend and cautionary tale. For many fans, the facts
are unimportant, almost unhelpful. But the fiction? Well, Da Cat stories have a near-mystical currency.
"All for a Few Perfect Waves" sacrifices that appeal, swapping fiction with fact, mythology with man. In
short, it supplants a fairy tale for surfers with a kick-butt biography for everyone else.
......
The results are not just the most complete portrait of Dora ever painted but also a solid recounting of
surfing's original boom years and a thin, peculiar slice of Americana in the
late 1950s and early '60s -- a staid time that was ripe for so mercenary
an iconoclast as Dora.
......
"All for a Few Perfect Waves" is much more than just another day at the beach. *
--Los Angeles Times, by Steven Kotler, author of "West of Jesus: Surfing, Science, and the Origins of
Belief
“Engrossing… Rensin proves an inexhaustible interviewer, teasing out colorful tales never
before set in print.” - Men's Vogue
“In this vivid biography, Rensin takes on a daunting task: to clarify the clouded myth of
legendary surfer Miki Dora ... Rensin lets Dora’s friends, lovers and rivals tell the story.
The result brings a remarkable focus to a man whose greatest accomplishments were written
on water.” - Publishers Weekly
"A far-reaching oral history."
-- New York Times
“Until now enigmatic surfer legend
Miki Dora’s history was written only
in water, but David Rensin’s primo
All for a Few Perfect Waves catches
the life of this charismatic renegade.”
-- Vanity Fair
"This great book is (Dora's) iconoclastic epitaph." -- Times (London)
Dora's life serves as both aspirational legend and cautionary tale. For many fans, the facts
are unimportant, almost unhelpful. But the fiction? Well, Da Cat stories have a near-mystical currency.
"All for a Few Perfect Waves" sacrifices that appeal, swapping fiction with fact, mythology with man. In
short, it supplants a fairy tale for surfers with a kick-butt biography for everyone else.
......
The results are not just the most complete portrait of Dora ever painted but also a solid recounting of
surfing's original boom years and a thin, peculiar slice of Americana in the
late 1950s and early '60s -- a staid time that was ripe for so mercenary
an iconoclast as Dora.
......
"All for a Few Perfect Waves" is much more than just another day at the beach. *
--Los Angeles Times, by Steven Kotler, author of "West of Jesus: Surfing, Science, and the Origins of
Belief
“Engrossing… Rensin proves an inexhaustible interviewer, teasing out colorful tales never
before set in print.” - Men's Vogue
“In this vivid biography, Rensin takes on a daunting task: to clarify the clouded myth of
legendary surfer Miki Dora ... Rensin lets Dora’s friends, lovers and rivals tell the story.
The result brings a remarkable focus to a man whose greatest accomplishments were written
on water.” - Publishers Weekly
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| STUDS TERKEL DIES AT 96 From the NY Times 11/1/2008 The elfin, amiable Mr. Terkel was a gifted and seemingly tireless interviewer who elicited provocative insights and colorful, detailed personal histories from a broad mix of people. "The thing I'm able to do, I guess, is break down walls," he once told an interviewer. "If they think you're listening, they'll talk. It's more of a conversation than an interview." Mr. Terkel succeeded as an interviewer in part because he believed most people had something to say worth hearing. "The average American has an indigenous i ntelligence, a native wit," he said. "It's only a question of piquing that intelligence." “It isn’t an inquisition; it’s an exploration, usually an exploration into the past,” he once said, explaining his approach. “So I think the gentlest question is the best one, and the gentlest is, ‘And what happened then?’ ” -------------------------- "May Studs rest in peace and oral history remain alive." -- Brett Farmiloe, Purse the Passion |
| Dept of My Son, the co-author TWITTERATURE by Emmett Rensin & Alexander Aciman Amazon/US Amazon/UK Amazon/France Amazon/Germany Italy soon ... What if the lead characters of the world's greatest literature had Twitter accounts, and a sense of humor? www.twitterature.us |
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| NEW in 2012 THE MEN ON MY COUCH True Stories of Sex, Love, and Psychotherapy Dr. Brandy Engler with David Rensin "The Men on My Couch is the story of my unexpected journey into the secret erotic minds of men. What I learned there, about my patients’ desires and behaviors at the intersection of sex and love, not only took me by surprise, but challenged my assumptions about both men and myself. "In “Eat Pray Love” the author travels to Italy, India, and Bali to discover the meaning of life, love, happiness, and who she really is. "I just had to go to my office." From Berkely Books also sold to: Germany, Brazil, Italy, Romania (all the sexy countries) ...more to come |
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| Are you a fan of WW II hero Louis Zamperini's story as told in the bestselling biography, "Unbroken"? I recommend his autobiography, "DEVIL AT MY HEELS," which I co-wrote with Louis in 2003. Same story, told in Louis's voice, from the heart. Now in a NEW paperback version. Click the cover, left |