This book follows the lead character Wilma on a journey of discovery and rejuvenation. SWELL – the next wave might just turn out to be the ride of your life.” SURF MAMA: One Woman’s Search for Love, Happiness and the Perfect Wave by Wilma Johnson “ SWELL opens the doors to the professional surfing scene and takes you around the world on a wave of love, tragedy, drama, glamour and romance. Just throw in a tropical beach and some passion and you have the perfect winter diversion! It has everything you could ask for! Think glamorous locations, glitzy parties, gorgeous surfers and great waves. It also, pleasingly, rides over easily at times into truly lyrical descriptions of the meeting points between land, and sky, and ocean.” SWELL by Lauren Davies “ We follow Jaimal through childhood and teenage years to an early adulthood spent in search of self and some other purpose in life than riding the waves…it conjures what landlubbers like myself - even those of us who frequent the surfer city of Laguna Beach - imagine the surfer’s life to be. I read Saltwater Buddha and I felt so inspired by his journey I signed up to volunteer with one of their trips. Yogis is a spokesman for a non-profit called Surf for Life. It is easy to read and draws the reader in immediately.

He describes experiences that we have all undergone at some point in our lives. We can all identify with this book in our own way. We follow Jaimal Yogis as he recounts his story of running away to find himself.

Winter is coming! As the temperatures start to drop and even the thought of going for a stroll down the beach becomes impossible, one of the best things to do is curl up on the sofa with a good book! I have compiled a list of my favourite surf books to keep you going through the winter months and to provide some inspiration for next season! SALTWATER BUDDHA, A Surfer’s Quest to Find Zen on the Sea by Jaimal Yogis

Barbarian surf book