With a verve for travel and an addiction to the ocean, West-coast native Amy Waeschle explores her lust for surfing in her new book Chasing Waves: A Surfer's Tale of Obsessive Wandering (Mountaineers Books, Paperback, $16.95). To Waeschle, surfing is more of a feeling than an actual sport, combining the mental quest for exploration with the physicality of riding a wave.
Hunting down waves in remote corners of the world, from Morocco to Fiji to Canada, Waeschle has found unique and fascinating cultures that have changed her views and fostered her surfing mission. Chasing Waves is her collection of interrelated stories based on these adventures and a chronicle of her evolution from nervous newbie to self-confident and skillful surfer. Anyone who has ever longed for a daring diversion from their day job will connect with these tales of wanderlust, vagabonding, and riding waves.
Amy Waeschle is a freelance writer and photographer whose work has appeared in Surfer, Surf Life for Women, Surfline.com, the Seattle Times, and Women's Adventure Magazine. A former science teacher, ski lift operator and very bad waitress, Waeschle makes her home in Poulsbo, Washington with her husband and daughter.
Mountaineers Books publishes outdoor books focusing on recreation, activity, and adventure for those who participate with nature.
Proceeds from the sales of Chasing Waves will benefit organizations that seek to protect and preserve the world's oceans.
