Code: The Power of "I Will" - Hardcover

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Sometimes small decisions--choices you make in an instant--have such heavy consequences.

There''s also negative peer pressure, of course, and that can be just as powerful. But it''s easy to miss the danger hidden in negative peer pressure. Sometimes you don''t even see it coming. A few nice words from someone you''ve just met, a friendly person interested in the same things you are, who likes the same music, who likes to go new places. And it''s not that they mean you any harm. Their friends are doing it, and maybe they want to be cool. Or maybe they''re just curious and out to try something new. They''re not looking to get you into trouble, but they''re not necessarily looking out for your best interests either. Life gets boring sometimes, we all know it. You want to shake things up. You want to have an adventure.

Shaun Tomson was named one of the twenty-five most influential surfers of the twentieth century, and one of the sixteen greatest surfers of all time. He has created two multimillion-dollar clothing brands--Instinct and Solitude. He was born in Durban, South Africa, and now makes his home in Montecito, California.

Patrick Moser is the editor of Pacific Passages: An Anthology of Surf Writing (University of Hawai''i Press, 2008). He collaborated with Shaun Tomson on Surfer''s Code: 12 Simple Lessons for Riding through Life and has written articles for The Surfer''s Journal and Surfer. He currently teaches writing and French language at Drury University in Springfield, Missouri where he also offers a course on the history and culture of surfing.