This is the true story of Ted, Viscount Deerhurst, the son of the Earl of Coventry and an American ballerina who dedicated his life to becoming a professional surfer. Surfing was a means of escape, from England, from the fraught charges of nobility, from family, and, often, from his own demons.

“Maybe Ted should have been concerned about those passing ships or sharks or pollution. He wasn’t. He was blissfully unconcerned. He felt he really was immortal. For as long as the wave lasted.”

Andy Martin “Surf, Sweat and Tears: The Epic Life and Mysterious Death of Edward George William Omar Deerhurst”. Published by OR Books in 2020. Signed copy bought by me for the Sea Library 💙

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