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Against The Water: A Surfing ChampionS Inspirational Journey To Olympic Glory
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The GutWrenching Story Of How One Of AustraliaS Finest Surfers Overcame A Brain Injury And Despair To Win An Olympic Medal.On The Morning Of 10 December 2015, Owen Wright Entered The Water At Pipeline, Hawaii, Determined To Become A World Champion. But After Being Pounded By A Set Of Monstrous Waves, He Ended Up Fighting For Life And Facing Extensive Brain Trauma. In This Inspirational Memoir, Wright Chronicles The Events Leading Up To That Fateful Day, As Well As The Months And Years That Followed As He Battled To Regain Basic Functioning, And Eventually The Capacity To Compete Again At The Apex Of Surfing.Against The Water Carries The Reader Back To WrightS Boyhood In The Tiny Town Of Culburra, Where His Father, Determined To Raise Champions, Turned Family Life Into A Kind Of Boot Camp. While Eccentric, His FatherS Methods Bore Fruit: The Wrights Of Culburra Would Become Australian Surfing Royalty. OwenS Story Lays Bare The Complex Relationship With His Father The Adoration, The Fight For Independence, The Fallings Out, And The Reconciliations.Told In A Spare, Intimate Style, Against The Water Is The Moving Account Of An Athlete Who Refused To Accept That His Best Days Were Behind Him And Raises Fundamental Questions Around Family And Competition. What, Ultimately, Is Our Duty To Our Children? At What Point Does Bravery Become Folly? And How Much Should We Sacrifice For The Sake Of Another?Owen Was A Childhood Phenom Who Grew Into The Ultimate Family Man. In Between This Transition, He Took On The World, Charged Crazy Waves, Suffered A Huge Brain Injury, And Finished Off With The AllTime Sporting Comeback! Mick Fanning, ThreeTime World Champion SurferWhatever It Is That Owen Is Getting Himself Into, He Seems To Do It With Little To No Fear And A Massive Smile On His Face. HeS An Inspirational Guy, To Put It Lightly. Owen Is One Special Human! Liam Hemsworth, ActorOwen Wright Has To Be The Most Inspiring Person IVe Ever Met. His Story Is One Of A Childhood Prodigy, To Facing A NearDeath Experience, To Australian Hero . . . This Book Will Inspire And Motivate Anyone Who Has Hadto Face Adversity Whilst Following Their Dreams. Kita Alexander, SingerSongwriter[A] True FighterS Spirit! Luke Rockhold, Ufc Middleweight Champion, TwoTime JiuJitsu World Champion, ThreeTime Strikeforce Middleweight Champion
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