Description
This is a story about hunting for a monster. Unlike many monsters, however, this one is known to exist- the 100-foot wave. In recent years waves have been recorded which are dramatically larger in size, power and frequency than anything seen before. They have the power to flatten oil rigs and sink supertankers; more disturbingly still, they seem to disobey the laws of physics, swelling when logic shows they should be running out of steam. These rogue waves have attracted an obsessive following of scientists, who seek to understand them, and of extreme surfers, looking to tame them. New York Times bestselling author, Susan Casey, talks to the climatologists trying to unlock the causes of these waves, and looks at the danger they will wreak on our planet. Every monster myth needs a hero. Here, that man is Laird Hamilton, big-wave-rider extraordinaire, star of the classic documentary, Riding with Giants, and a surfer whose acts of skill and courage are legendary. Guided by Hamilton, Casey exposes a world of obsession and dare-devil surfing, a world filled with eccentric wave-hunters both scientists and surfers who are universally convinced that bigger waves are coming.
