Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 I had been surfing for about an hour when I noticed the current taking me to the left. I had always been able to handle myself in the ocean, but this current was stronger than I realized. #2 I was now stuck outside the zone, far from shore. I wondered if I could make it back on my own. I saw images of sunburned survivors found in life rafts, old-style paintings of half-nude women, and headlines about teenagers who had fallen prey to rip tides. #3 I was finally at the point in my life where I was ready to start a new chapter. I bought, not rented, this new life, and now I had to live it. I was determined to have a roll-with-the-swells surfer's life. #4 I was surfing at Teahupoo when I was hit by a wave that threw me off my board and into the water. I was completely soaked, but I survived the ordeal with no real harm done to me. I would live to surf another day.