Good Things Love Water is the story of surfing as told by a sea of different voices. The first waves ever ridden at Waimea Bay by Greg Noll, Mike Stange, and Mickey Munoz; Phil Edwards' first trip to Hawaii at age 15, the world of Bob McTavish, a beloved car owned by a couple of unknown surfers, and 21 other short stores are woven together in a sometimes dramatic, sometimes hilarious, sometimes tragic account of surfing's rich history. Chris Ahrens lays bare the hearts of our heroes and surfers we have not encountered until now.
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"Ahrens breathes life into surfing legends and makes them real to surfers who only know them as unapproachable icons." -- Greg Ambrose, The Honolulu Star-Bulletin
"Eloquently written. Good Things Love Water is filled with the types of stories that we don't see often enough!" -- Nick Carroll, Editor, Surfing Magazine
"Gremmie Warning! This book contains stories you have to read, and no rad action photos. It's about time!" -- Steve Pezman, Publisher, The Surfer's Journal
"This book is important to understand the roots of the wave-riders lifestyle and philosophy." -- Christopher Van Tilberg, Islands Magazine
"Eloquently written. Good Things Love Water is filled with the types of stories that we don't see often enough!" -- Nick Carroll, Editor, Surfing Magazine
"Gremmie Warning! This book contains stories you have to read, and no rad action photos. It's about time!" -- Steve Pezman, Publisher, The Surfer's Journal
"This book is important to understand the roots of the wave-riders lifestyle and philosophy." -- Christopher Van Tilberg, Islands Magazine
From the Author
After 40 years of surfing and 25 years of writing about it, I realized that I had quite a selection of stories. While some of them were notes taken as a gremmie at the feet of his heros, others were about unknown surfers, ordinary people in sometimes extraordinary circumstances. In hindsight, the stories aren't really about surfing, but about the characters who inhabit societies' corners. That's why this book has been enjoyed by surfers and non-surfers alike. Joyrides is Ahrens' second volume of surf stories, and a third volume, Kelea's Gift, will be avaliable in the Spring of 2001.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Inspiring stories, distracting typos,
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This review is from: Good Things Love Water: A Collection of Surf Stories (Paperback)
Chris Ahrens has quite a surf history to share. In his travels to Hawaii and Australia, and along his home shore in California, he's been privy to some of the most exciting (and strange) rides and stories in surf history. I devoured this book in a day, then went on to JOYRIDES, Ahren's other collection. Some of the stories are just amazing and left me breathless with longing for the sea. Others are silly or weird or offensive--a really mixed bag. But the biggest problem? Both books are rife with distracting typos, grammar errors, and bad spelling. Come on, Mr. Ahrens, you're a pro writer. Get a copyeditor to look over your work.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
this book was awsome,
By "lilsurfergirl001" (Utah/California/Montana) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Good Things Love Water: A Collection of Surf Stories (Paperback)
In total this book was awsome, nice short storys, captivated me, had me all in total hook line and sinker. Chris Ahrens did a great job at just keeping it all together. It makes great reading cause you are not always having to deal with DOH I dont know what is going to happen next. I love this book cause I can take it anywhere. Makes good reading between classes and in the waiting room.... even bedtime reading.... take it anywhere it is small enough to slip into a purse! The way you will feel when reading this book is if you are there... it gives you a great mental picture of what is happening.
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Good Things Love Water,
By Suzanne Taylor (Solana Beach, CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Good Things Love Water: A Collection of Surf Stories (Paperback)
I actually bought this book for my husband as he is the surfer in the family, but I actually read it before he had a chance to. Although I've been around the surf culture most of my life, I never had any insight into the wonderful history of the sport. Good Things Love Water gives a bit of history, along with wit, and wisdom of many surfing legends. I can truly say I appreciate the sport a bit more now, because of this wonderful book. I can agree that even if you don't surf, you can also enjoy the stories, as well as learn a bit along the way.
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