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Against the water : a surfing champion's inspirational journey to Olympic glory / by Owen Wright.

Against the water : a surfing champion's inspirational journey to Olympic glory / by Owen Wright.
Against the water :
Against the Water carries the reader back to Wright's 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 father's methods bore fruit: the Wrights of Culburra would become Australian surfing royalty. Owen's 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?

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 Adult Non-Fiction   Port Macquarie . Available .  
B/WRI
 Adult Non-Fiction   Kempsey . On Loan . 8 May 2024
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Record Number 689298
ISBN 9781761106576
Author Wright, Owen
Title Against the water : a surfing champion's inspirational journey to Olympic glory / by Owen Wright.
Publication details Cammeray, NSW : Simon & Schuster, 2023.
Pagination etc. 321 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : colour illustrations, colour portraits ; 24 cm.
Summary Note Against the Water carries the reader back to Wright's 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 father's methods bore fruit: the Wrights of Culburra would become Australian surfing royalty. Owen's 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?
Subject Wright, O.(Owen)
Brain damage -- Patients -- Rehabilitation -- Australia
Olympic athletes -- Australia -- Biography
Brain -- Wounds and injuries -- Patients -- Rehabilitation
Surfing -- Competitions -- Australia
Surfing -- Australia
Surfers -- Australia -- Biography
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