The Wave In Pursuit of the Rogues Freaks and Giants of the Ocean by Susan Casey

A New York Times Notable Book A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year In her astonishing new book Susan Casey captures colossal shipswallowing waves and the surfers and scientists who seek them out. For legendary surfer Laird Hamilton hundred foot waves represent the ultimate challenge. As Susan Casey travels the globe hunting these monsters of the ocean with Hamiltons crew she witnesses firsthand the life or death stakes the glory and the mystery of impossibly mammoth waves.