100 FOOT WAVE: THE OFFICIAL BOOK

Reviewed by Pennell Paugh

May 6, 2024 (San Diego)-- World surfing champions Milton and Michael Willis share their love for riding waves of any size in their latest book, 100 Foot Wave: The Official Book. Their book provides a deeper understanding of the hows, whys, and dangers of this exciting discipline. For the Willis brothers, who grew up in San Diego's North County and Hawaii, riding big waves is a spiritual practice. They share the rigors and dangers of the sport, as well as the spiritual highs.

Their book is comprehensive, covering:

• Contest winners and who really rode the biggest waves
• How boards are designed and made, along with the development of surfing equipment innovations
• The best places to find waves and how to train for riding a big wave
• Notable male and female surfers and their contributions to the sport, and
• Commemorations of those who have died while surfing.
  

Here’s an excerpt from their book:

Liquid walls of death were breaking out as far as the eye

could see and what seemed to be another mile past that.

The salt in the air was so thick you couldn’t see the

outside breaking waves from the shore. It was a

complete whiteout. Nothing but white frothing foam

from the shore to the horizon. It was impossible to truly

determine just how far out the waves were breaking.

The Willis brothers launched directly off the beach at

Sunset Point, a seemingly impossible feat. Michael was

piloting an old secondhand little green and white Sea

Doo jet ski. Michael was focused and determined to

make it through and around an endless ocean of nonstop

tidal waves.

If they made it out, Milton would be first up to surf.

Milton with his surfboard secured under his arm was set

to go like a gladiator into the arena.

Defying all human understanding, against all odds and

probability, guided purely by the Hand of GOD himself,

the Willis brothers miraculously did make it out to

Outer Log Cabins.

About the authors

Milton and Michael Willis were raised in Solana Beach, California in San Diego County and in Hawaii. The brothers spent over 25 years surfing and shaping surfboards on the North Shore of Oahu ,where they surfed the biggest waves in history ever documented on January 28, 1998.

Ocean safety experts and world champions of extreme big wave surfing, Milton and Michael were popular newspaper columnists for seven years and have penned several books including Discover the Greatness in You, published by Blue Mountain Arts.