is an award-winning writer, outdoorsman, and frequent teacher. He is the author of the memoir Saltwater Buddha, which has been made into a feature documentary film, and The Fear Project: What Our Most Primal Emotion Taught Me About Survival, Success, Surfing, and Love. A graduate of Columbia Journalism School, he has written for ESPN: The Magazine, the Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, San Francisco magazine, Surfer’s Journal, and many other publications. He lives in San Francisco with his wife, Amy, and their three sons.
Stumbling Toward Enlightenment and the Perfect Ride
By the author of the popular surf memoir, Saltwater Buddha, an exploration of Yogis' "failing towards enlightenment" as he searches for God and meaning in the world's oceans and learns along the way that the perfect ride may well be the one we are on right now. More »