Announcing a New Book! BIG SURF, DEEP DIVES AND THE ISLANDS My Life in the Ocean                                     by                       Ricky Grigg   "Big Surf is a must read for anyone who loves the sea."                                  Nainoa Thompson Navigator, Polynesian Voyaging Society  "Ricky Grigg had a real love affair with the ocean;  this is his story."                                     Greg Noll                                    Pioneer big-wave surfer

Here is a book about a surfing professor, a man who has lived a total ocean life.  It begins with a small boy growing up on the coast of Southern California, where his life is shaped by the sea in every way--emotionally, athletically, professionally, and spritually.  It is a story of a surfer who wanted to become an oceanograher, and did.  Ricky Grigg's life is one of adventure, from big-wave surfing to deep diving to oceanography.  Readers will surf to the top of the world's tallest waves and dive to the bottom of the world's deepest reefs, and in the process probe the psychological depths of their souls.  Richly illustrated, intimately personal, and exhaustively researched, this volume is a classic addtion to the ocean literature.