The Big Juice: Epic Tales of Big Wave Surfing

by John Long, Sam George (Editor), Chris Dixon (Contributor)

The best and newest big-wave surfing stories from the sport’s insiders More than a decade ago, John Long published his now classic The Big Drop, an unprecedented look at the larger-than-life frontier of big wave surfing. Since then, the sport has exploded in popularity. The big wave bar keeps rising as extreme surfers continue to seek out, surf, and survive a ride on the elusive 100-foot wave. The incredible stories of a new generation of thrill-seeking, death-defying surfers and stunning, full-color photography of monster waves fill the pages of this new collection by John Long and former surfing pro Sam George.A powerful, contemporary look at the men and women who live and breathe for the next big wave and the bigger, more dangerous challenge, The Big Juice presents a rich history of characters, controversies, heroism, humor, and tragedy that define the sport.  With contributions - Ben Marcus, author of The Surfing Handbook and The Art of Stand Up Paddling- Chris Dixon, writer, Surfer magazine- Kimball Taylor, writer, ESPN- Bruce Jenkins, author of North Shore Chronicles ; writer, Sports Illustrated- Drew Kampion, former editor of Surfer, Surfing, Wind Surf, and Wind Tracks magazines; author of The Book of Form and Beauty on the Ocean- James Hollmer-Cross, writer, Surfing magazine . . . and big-wave - Laird Hamilton- Dave Kalama- Evan Slater- Shane Dorian- Greg Noll- and more

336 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2011

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.

John Long is an American rock climber and author.

Reviews

[Ryan Masters · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty good collection of essays about big wave surfing. My article, "Heroes and Ghosts" (Monterey County Weekly, March 2004) is excerpted and cited fairly extensively in the section on Ghost Tree.