The life and times of Mike Davis, one of the worlds most innovative surf and sailboard designer/shapers. It is not only a history of the modern surfboard but a post card from another era; the waves, the wars the adventures, people and the pranks. Follow the physical and spiritual journey from the freezing heartland of America to the sunny beaches of California, Australia and the world with some surfings most colourful and red hot surfing and sailboarding talents. The memoirs of a hopeless romantic who always let his heart be his guide and whose compass always pointed to the surf. Published poet, award winning fiction writer as well, he's finally pausing to give thanks to and for those who've nurtured, indeed fostered his enthusiasm. In short: It's a rollicking, two-fisted, surf flavoured impact zone adventure documenting the evolution of the modern surfboard and the Santa Barbara Brain Trust's part in it.