The official
website for freelance writer and professional surfer Sam Bleakley, whose first
book 'Surfing Brilliant Corners' was published in June 2010. A new book 'Surfing Tropical Beats' is due for release soon.
I am
a freelance writer and professional surfer from Sennen, West Cornwall,
in the UK, sponsored by Biomimetics Health. I specialise in surfEXPLORE
projects with renowned photographer John Callahan and have undertaken
groundbreaking trips to the likes of China, Algeria, Liberia, Kenya,
Oman, South Korea, Palawan and the Maluku Islands. Surf writing has
led me to visit over fifty countries. My roots, however, remain in Penwith,
where I live with my family above Gwenver beach, close to Land's End,
the westernmost tip of England - next stop Novia Scotia. I have an MA
in Geography from Pembroke College, the University of Cambridge, and
I am researching a part-time PhD in Travel Writing with University College
Falmouth (Performance Writing Research Group).
My first book, Surfing
Brilliant Corners, details a decade of extreme global surf
travel, illustrated by John Callahan, as we journey to the likes of
Mauritania, locked in political strife, where landmines litter access
to some of the best waves on the planet; and Haiti, which captures my
heart and makes it race as if falling in love.
My second book, Surfing
Tropical Beats, has just been published in Mandarin Chinese
with the Hainan Publishing House, Haikou. Alison
Hodge Publishers, Penzance, will launch Surfing Tropical
Beats in English in Spring 2012.
Contact:
sambleakley@yahoo.com | Copyright © 2012 Sam Bleakley/John Callahan and
other copyright holders.
Sam Bleakley - Haiti
Sam Bleakley - Haiti
Sam Bleakley - Haiti
Sam Bleakley - Surf Haiti
Sam Bleakley - Surf India
Sam Bleakley - Surf Malaysia
Sam Bleakley - Surf Mauritania
Sam Bleakley - China
Sam Bleakley - Liberia
Sam Bleakley - China
Sam Bleakley - Surf Philippines
Sam Bleakley - Surf India
