Matt Warshaw has been writing about surfing for more than 20 years. Former editor of Surfer magazine , his articles have appeared in Outside , Esquire , the Los Angeles Times , the New York Times , and the Wall Street Journal . He is the author of several books on surfing, including The Encyclopedia of Surfing and lives in San Francisco. 

Daniel Duane is a surfer, naturalist, and critically acclaimed author of Caught Inside: A Surfer’s Year on the California Coast. He has written for Esquire, the New York Times Magazine, the Los Angeles Times Magazine, Men’s Journal, Outside Magazine, and the Village Voice, among others. He lives in San Francisco.