Bigger waves waves have turned surfing into big business ($7.5billion by some estimates) complete with multi-million dollar sponsorship contracts, wave riding contests and even an Oscars style awards ceremony. Thanks to jet skis, surfers can now attempt to ride waves considered impossible just a decade ago. From Hawaii to Mexico, South Africa to Tahiti, Casey follows Hamilton and a small band of big wave junkies scouring the seas for the supreme swell.
The focus of The Wave, other than the ocean itself which makes a pretty compelling case to be the star of this and any other water centred book, is Laird Hamilton, a man who has devoted his life to the pursuit of the perfect break. So what is it that makes some men, and it is mostly men, go in search of these oceanic monsters? That is what Susan Casey tries to find out in this engaging, often awe inspiring and sometimes terrifying look at the world of big wave surfing. They're powerful enough to capsize unsinkable ships, wrench oil rigs from their moorings and can destroy vast swathes of coastal regions, flattening everything in their path and killing thousands of people in the process.
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