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
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
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'Published January 2013. . . THE MEN ON MY COUCH True Stories of Sex, Love, and Psychotherapy Dr. Brandy Engler with David Rensin The memoir of Dr Engler's first year in practice. She planned to treat mostly women, but only got calls from men. Given her own fraught love affair at the time, Dr Engler and her patients end up searching together for what it means to love. You've never read a book like this before. Available in editions around the world. |
| IN TRIBUTE |
| Dream book come true. 2008/2009 |
Coming soon ... One Last Crazy Thing |
Louie Zamperini was a friend for 16 years. We worked together on his autobiography, "Devil At My Heels" (2003) He was an inspiration to me and to his many fans around the world. I will miss his positive outlook on life, his wisdom, his cheerful heart, and his support. I'm grateful for his trust and enduring faith in my ability to bring his words to the world. Here's the New York Times obituary. Also available in the UK/Commonwealth, and soon in Russia, Hungary, Brazil ... and more every day. Devil at My Heels now in Italy! |
| IN THE WORKS So much divides us, but one truth unites us .. ~~~ HELPING Altruism in America, in our own words. |
| Four weeks on the New York Times Hardcover Non-Fiction Bestseller List |
MY FIRST COMPUTER, 1982 VICTOR 9000 R.I.P |
| She thought her restless drive to not be bored meant she was a little bit broken. Instead it was her superpower. |
