Amy Waeschle

                         Chasing Waves

A Surfer's Tale of Obsessive Wandering  

now available from:

 Mountaineers Books

Amazon.com

Chasing Waves: A Surfer's Tale of Obsessive Wandering

A freelance travel and outdoors writer, photographer, and

former Patagonia writer, Amy makes her home in Poulsbo, Washington

contact by email

 What people are saying about Chasing Waves: "The people, the places, the loves, the losses, and the aching curiosity about one's own destiny and motivations--it's all rendered here  in strong, fresh prose. This beautiful, worthy book has a place in every surf-literature home library, and is doubtless just the beginning of a great writer's career." 

--Daniel Duane, author of Caught Inside: A Surfer's Year on the California Coast

 

"A sense of freedom, overcoming fears, discovering new cultures, dealing with love, the exciting, unexplainable feeling of riding a wave--this is what Chasing Waves is all about." 

--Mary Osborne, pro surfer and co-author of Surf Sister: A Woman's Guide to Surfing with Bliss and Courage

 

Meet the author and learn more about Chasing Waves at these events:

Saturday, June 6th, 6pm, Liberty Bay Books, Poulsbo

Monday, June 15, 7pm, Village Bay Books, Bellingham

Thursday, June 25, 7:30, Eagle Harbor Books, Bainbridge Island

Saturday, September 19th, 6-9 pm, The Loft, Surfrider South Sound Chapter Benefit, Olympia

Thursday, Sept. 24th, 7:30pm Capitola Book Cafe, Capitola, CA; wine reception and presentation

Friday, Sept. 25th, 6:30pm book party hosted by David Yacubian and friends, San Francisco, CA

Tuesday, Oct. 12th, 6:30pm Marix Tex Mex Taco Tuesday, with author Stuart Coleman of Fierce Heart and Eddie Would Go, sponsored by the Association of Surfing Lawyers

Wednesday, Oct. 13th, 7:30pm, Diesel, A Bookstore, Malibu (with with author Stuart Coleman of Fierce Heart and Eddie Would Go, co-sponsored by the Association of Surfing Lawyers)

 

Reviews and Interviews

Friday, June 12th, 12 pm PST, live radio interview, Beyond 50 Radio

North Kitsap Herald, May 26, 2009, Amy Waeschle Debuts Chronicle of Surf Stoked Stories

NPR interview with Jeremy Richards, "Chasing Northwest Waves" at Westport, Washington

Seattle Weekly Mid-Summer Edition: Chasing Waves Rises Above the Slush Pile

The Cleanest Line (Patagonia's company blog) Summer Reading List

 

Sample Publications

 

Recent Work: Surfer Magazine: Canada's Only All-Women Surf School Celebrates 10 Years 

The Classic: Heart of Winter 2006 Patagonia catalogue: "W.A.P. #96."

 

Where it All Began: Surfline: "ONE WEEK OFF: How to Surf Your Brains Out in Costa Rica."

 

 

Writing Awards:

2005 Zola Award, Finalist, Short Story, “Making a Pie With Grandma.”

Focus Magazine, 2004 CoastLines Adventure Writing Contest, Honorable Mention, “Feet Like Blocks of Ice, Heart Red-Hot with Joy.” Focus on Women magazine, May 2004. 

 writing Curriculum Vitae: click here

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Photography

 

Morocco


 

Fiji


 

Hawaii


 

Costa Rica


 

Baja


 

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