Walking on Water: The Spirituality of the World's Top Surfers

Walking on Water: The Spirituality of the World's Top Surfers
by Jeremy V. Jones

Walking on Water: The Spirituality of the World's Top Surfers
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Author: Jeremy V. Jones
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2006-09-05
ISBN: 0830742859
Number of pages: 164
Publisher: Regal

Book Reviews of Walking on Water: The Spirituality of the World's Top Surfers

Book Review: Only one spirituality
Summary: 1 Stars

I have to echo the sentiments of another reviewer. I thought I was going to read a totally different book. Surfing can be a spiritual experience for sure, one that doesn't have to be tied to a specific religious dogma, but this book is all about selling one belief, Christianity, not the spiritual exercise that surfing has the potential to be for everyone.

I was expecting to read about the inherent spirituality in surfing itself when it's just you and the water or to read the stories of surfers from many different religious backgrounds and how the spiritual aspect of surfing enhanced their personal religious experience, but instead I got a book about Christianity that just happened to be by surfers. It's like when you roll up to a new local skate spot and after you get there and you just want to skate, you see it's being run by some youth ministry who doesn't care about skating just about trying to sell you a bill of goods. Bummer.

I have no problem at all with anyone's beliefs including those of the people who did this book and if I had know what it was going to be about in the beginning I think I would have enjoyed it a lot more. They just need to be a bit more up front about what the book is because it feels purposefully deceitful to me, that's all. I've seen a bunch of surfing books by Buddhists, but those are all pretty explicit about what you're getting, either in the title or the product description. This one didn't get to the truth of it until the reviews, but when I got this I didn't have the benefit of the reviews first.

Summary of Walking on Water: The Spirituality of the World's Top Surfers

Surfing is spiritual. Ask most wave riders and they'll describe some sense of deeper connection with the water, the waves or the power around them. Surfing to them is a spiritual experience. In a subculture that's traditionally known for its rebellion, here you'll find a deep undercurrent of faith amongst these top wave riders who share an understanding that the Creator of the waves also desires to know and relate with them. In these pages, you'll meet top surfers such as C.J. Hobgood, who rose to the top of the surf world but found it ultimately dissatisfying; Bethany Hamilton, a courageous teen who survived a shark attack and returned to the sport; surf legend Tom Curren, a middle-aged father of four whose comeback of sorts is the talk of the surf world; and Al Merrick, a remarkable surfboard shaper who crafts the vehicles ridden by surf stars. Discover what makes these celebrities and others believe that surfing is meaningless without a deep satisfying faith in something more.

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