Good Things Love Water: A Collection of Surf Stories (Paperback)

by Chris M. Ahrens (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Review
"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

Product Description
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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Product Details

• Paperback: 165 pages
• Publisher: Chubasco Publishing (May 6, 1994)
• ISBN-10: 0964085801
• ISBN-13: 978-0964085800
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.2 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #749,850 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Inspiring stories, distracting typos, June 26, 2001

By	Therese Littleton "chirolophis" (Seattle, WA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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 Good Things Love Water, August 7, 2001

By	Suzanne Taylor (Solana Beach, CA) - See all my reviews

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.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Captures the magic and characters of surfings early heydays, June 17, 2000

By	Barry K. Haun (Southern California) - See all my reviews

Along with his follow-up companion book, "Joyrides", this collection of short stories chronicles some of surfing's most colorful characters and their exploits resulting from surfing's bygone era when one merely needed the desire, a plane ticket, a board and a beach to sleep on. Entertaining, informative and at times humorous, I highly recommend this book for both the surfing novice and seasoned veteran alike. (Don't let your mom read this book though, it may just reinforce her less-than-admirable opinion of surfers in general).