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Crazy for the storm : a memoir of survival / Norman Ollestad.

Ollestad, Norman. (Author).

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Set amid the spontaneous, uninhibited surf culture of Malibu and Mexico in the late 1970s, this riveting memoir, written in crisp Hemingwayesque prose, recalls Ollestad's childhood and the magnetic man whose determination and love infuriated and inspired him--and ultimately saved his life.

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  • ISBN: 0061766720
  • ISBN: 9780061766725
  • ISBN: 1554684854
  • Physical Description: 272 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
  • Edition: 1st edition
  • Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Ecco, [2009]

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Ollestad, Norman, 1935-1979.
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Downhill ski racing > United States > Biography.
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