“San Francisco author Matt Warshaw has written more cogent words about surfing than any other human” - Honolulu Star-Bulletin

“Using clear English, artful phrasing, obsessive research, and solid organization, Warshaw has quietly become the best straight-ahead chronicler of the surf world—going away”  - The Surfer’s Journal

“The author appears to have attained total omniscience in his field” - The London Independent