Return by Water: Surf Stories and Adventures | 
 enlarge | Author: Kimball Taylor
Publisher: Dimdim Publishing
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 124236
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 160
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.2 x 0.6
ISBN: 0976538105
Dewey Decimal Number: 797.32
EAN: 9780976538103
ASIN: 0976538105
Publication Date: August 1, 2005
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Product Description
From the big-wave surfers of Tahiti and the salty hurricane chasers of New England, to the cliffs of Molokai's infamous leper colony and the Wild Coast of South Africa's Transkei Homeland, Return by Water brings light to surfers' lives around the world with amazing sense of place and deft character portraits of the famous, ordinary and irascible surfer alike. Follow surf journalist Kimball Taylor on his travels through South Africa, Ecuador, Brazil, Mexico, Hawaii, French Polynesia, Indonesia and more. The journey is as transforming and definitive as any surfer's first trip away from home.
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 don't miss this book April 2, 2008
The adventures found within this book contain every element of a great story. Just as easily read, and just as engrossing, as stories shared around a baja campfire with your friends, Return By Water is a remarkable offering from what seems to be a first time author. Like all true travellers, taylor knows that it is the jouney, and not the destination, that make a great trip, and these trips do not disappoint! It doesn't hurt that the destinations are places most of us only dream about though! I couldn't put the book down in between stories, and now I can't stop thinking about my next adventure. Great stories, can't wait for more from Taylor.
Gleaming The Tube March 31, 2008
This is an expertly crafted memoir by surfer/author kim taylor. It's the kind of insider memoir that leaves you wishing you'd been doing something else for the last ten years of your life, though you may have never touched a surfboard. A great read for those looking for inspiration for their next adventure or those interested in comparing tales of bygone adventure.
 Not impressed February 13, 2008
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
The cover is much more engaging than the stories. They are not bad, some interesting images, but nothing to write home about. The writing skill and the introspective is what you might expect from a surfer journalist dude. All of it very little to do with surfing actually, but more of a mediocre journalists' travel diary. As a surfer and a reader, I preferred Daniel Duanes' "A Surfer's Year on the California Coast". Sorry, guys, I could be just PMS-ing but...not really.
A Terrific Read December 21, 2007
Kimball Taylor writes with succinct clarity, beguiling empathy and a crazed, matter of fact humor that will delight most anyone who loves a story. He travels the world, knows it's oceans and understands that getting to the water and meeting the people along the way is essential to the joy of surfing.
Driving desperately through the South African outback to legendary waves - somewhere, he writes, "In a daze of passing kilometers, I begin to suspect the positioning of the potholes is not senseless, does not exist in chaos, but that each communicates in a kind of morse code. And I believe I know what they were saying. They read, dot, dot, "Get off the f*@#ing road before you die here."
Any adventurous surfer has been there, the rest of us wish that we had. Return By Water is a terrific book and will have to suffice until Kimball's next one.
Rad Travel Stories November 30, 2007
I really enjoyed "Return by Water." Each story places you in beautiful, isolated beaches and towns around the world with clever, humorous tales that allows the reader to drift off and place themselves in Kimball's flip-flops.
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