Crazy for the Storm: A Memoir of Survival

The father he idolized thrust Norman Ollestad into the world of surfing and competitive downhill skiing at a very young age. Resentful of a childhood lost to his father’s reckless and demanding adventures, young Ollestad was often paralyzed by fear. Set in Malibu and Mexico in the late 1970s, Crazy for the Storm captures the earthy surf culture of Southern California; the boy’s conflicted feelings for his magnetic father; and the exhilarating tests of skill that prepared young Norman to bec...