Amy Waeschle
Chasing Waves
A Surfer's Tale of Obsessive Wandering
now available from:
A freelance travel and outdoors writer, photographer, and
former Patagonia writer, Amy makes her home in Poulsbo, Washington
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
Photography
