Amy Waeschle
Chasing Waves
A Surfer's Tale of Obsessive Wandering
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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
Read an excerpt from Chasing Waves
"Standing on the frozen shore of Tofino's Chesterman Beach, I realized with sudden panic that I must be out of my mind. The ocean looked chilly enough for icebergs and was likely home to Great White Sharks and deathly currents that could whisk me halfway to Siberia. My only protection would be five millimeters of neoprene and a nine-foot foam surfboard with a smooth plastic underside and a surface resembling the rubbery nonslip mat in the bottom of my grandma's bathtub."
Reviews and Interviews
Beyond 50 Radio interview
North Kitsap Herald: Amy Waeschle Debuts Chronicle of Surf Stoked Stories
NPR, Westport, Washington: "Chasing Northwest Waves"
Seattle Weekly: Chasing Waves Rises Above the Slush Pile
The Cleanest Line (Patagonia's blog): Summer Reading List
Sample Freelance Publications
Surfer Magazine: Canada's Only All-Women Surf School Celebrates 10 Years
Heart of Winter 2006 Patagonia catalogue: "W.A.P. #96."
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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.
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