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    Ghost Wave: The Discovery of Cortes Bank and the Biggest Wave on Earth
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    Ghost Wave: The Discovery of Cortes Bank and the Biggest Wave on Earth

    By Chris Dixon

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    Rising from the depths of the North Pacific lies a fabled island, now submerged just 15 feet below the surface of the ocean. Rumors and warnings about Cortes Bank abound, but among big wave surfers, this legendary rock is famous for one simple (and massive) reason: this is the home of the biggest rideable wave on the face of the earth. In this dramatic work of narrative non-fiction, journalist Chris Dixon unlocks the secrets of Cortes Bank and pulls readers into the harrowing world of big wave surfing and high seas adventure above the most enigmatic and dangerous rock in the sea. The true story of this Everest of the sea will thrill anyone with an abiding curiosity of and respect for mother ocean.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChronicle Books Digital
    Release dateOct 21, 2011
    ISBN9781452110097
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    Ghost Wave: The Discovery of Cortes Bank and the Biggest Wave on Earth
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    Chris Dixon

    Chris Dixon is the author of Ghost Wave and editor of the blog TheScuttlefish. His writing also appears in the New York Times and Outside magazine, among other publications. He lives in Charleston, South Carolina.

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    • 5/5
      Wow. What a fantastic book. Definitely not a Just a surf book, nor do you need to be a surfer to appreciate it. This is a fascinating account of a sea mount 100 miles off shore of California and a history of those who have tried to explore it, a crazy cast of characters who tried to Claim it/ colonize it in the 60’s and finally it is about a small subset of surfers who have surf it.
      This is a look inside a world most people will never encounter with plenty of first hand accounts f what is is like to surf on 60 foot waves, and why they do it.
      Best of all the author is a hell of a good writer and storyteller.