The wave in pursuit of the rogues, freaks, and giants of the ocean

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In pursuit of the rogues, freaks and giants of the ocean englisch gebundenes buch 14. I was pleasantly surprised to have learned so much about laird hamilton and his surfing group while also getting a sense for what drives these adrenalineseeking giants of men. For centuries, mariners have spun tales of gargantuan waves, 100feet high or taller. From susan casey, bestselling author of the devils teeth, an astonishing book about colossal, shipswallowing rogue waves and the surfers who seek them.

The sports pioneer, laird hamilton, with a group of friends in hawaii, figured out how to board waves of 70 and 80 feet. The wave paperback in pursuit of the rogues, freaks, and giants of the ocean. Chicago turabian humanities citation style guide susan casey, the wave. Drop into the wave and charge these monstrous ocean creatures with an eclectic cast of sunbleached watermen and intrepid. In pursuit of the rogues, freaks and giants of the ocean compact disc home my account shopping cart logout.

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Drop into the wave and charge these monstrous ocean creatures with an eclectic cast of sunbleached watermen and intrepid researchers. This read will definitely pull you out of your beach chair and into the water. The clock read midnight when the hundredfoot wave hit the ship, rising from the north atlantic out of the darkness. Drop into the wave and charge these monstrous ocean creatures with an eclectic cast of sunbleached watermen.

In the middle of a stormy sea, with waves crashing all around and the wind whipping itself into a frenzy, one wave looms larger than the rest. For legendary surfer laird hamilton, hundred foot waves represent the ultimate challenge. A true story of obsession and survival among americas great white sharks. If you want to learn about the people who do crazy things on surf boards on huge waves, then this is the book for you. In pursuit of the rogues, freaks and giants of the ocean comes off as primarily a travelog of a journalist hanging with lots of surfer dudes and a few scientists. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the wave. You could call them whatever you wantedrogues, freaks, giantsbut the bottom line was that no one had accounted for them. This dangerous water includes rogue waves south of africa, stormborn giants near hawaii, and the biggest wave ever recorded, a 1,740 foothigh wall of wave taller than one and a third empire state buildings that blasted the alaska coastline in 1958. Both a rollicking look at the oceans growing freakishness and a troubling examination of our ailing planet.