“Surfing is not just a sub-culture, it is culture, and here’s proof.”
“An anthology that celebrates the diversity of surf culture – the passion, the fear, the bliss and the pain. Glorious and insightful – words that speak to me.”
“As this collection demonstrates, our horizons are unlimited …”
“... this sublime surf writing six pack”
From Gold Coast surf culture to the life and death relationships of humans to the sea; from surf travel in Mexico to Taj Burrow’s final campaign in Fiji, this collection features six authors writing about surf, and the ocean, in six very different ways. Their stories are reverential, energetic and mystical and between them cover thousands of kilometres of coastline, at home and away.
My piece in Lines to the Horizon, ‘Following the Birds’, is set in Mexico and will appeal to anyone stinging for a bit of armchair surf travel or actual surf travel. It’s about a manic hunt for waves, which morphs into a more complicated hunt for an answer to the question: is Mexico really as dangerous as reports in the foreign press would have us believe? ‘Following the Birds’ is loaded with margaritas and magic mushrooms, Mexican textile art and lithographs, and giant spiders the size of dinnerplates.
Lines to the Horizon is available through Fremantle Press from April 2021.
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