The Surfer’s Library

S2E6: Transcendental Memories of a Surf Rebel Chapter 22-26

Chapters 22 through 26 of Mike Hynson's autobiography: Transcendental Memories of a Surf Rebel by Michael Lear Hynson and Donna Klaasen Jost. Make sure you come back each episode as we read the book in it's entirety by end of season. This book is available for purchase on Amazon.com.If you want to help support the podcast you can visit https://buymeacoffee.com/thesurferslibrary to do so.

S2E5: Transcendental Memories of a Surf Rebel Chapter 17 - 21

Billy Jack reads chapter 17 through 21 of Mike Hynson's autobiography: Transcendental Memories of a Surf Rebel by Michael Lear Hynson and Donna Klaasen Jost. Make sure you come back each episode as we read the book in it's entirety by end of season. This book is available for purchase on Amazon.com.If you want to help support the podcast you can visit https://buymeacoffee.com/thesurferslibrary to do so.

S2E4: Transcendental Memories of a Surf Rebel Chapter 13 -16

Billy Jack is back this week reading from chapter 13 and continues through chapter 16 of Mike Hynson's autobiography: Transcendental Memories of a Surf Rebel by Michael Lear Hynson and Donna Klaasen Jost. Make sure you come back each episode as we read the book in it's entirety by end of season. This book is available for purchase on Amazon.com.If you want to help support the podcast you can visit https://buymeacoffee.com/thesurferslibrary to do so.

S2E3: Transcendental Memories of a Surf Rebel Chapter 8 - 12

Billy Jack picks up reading on chapter 8 and continues through chapter 12 of Mike Hynson's autobiography: Transcendental Memories of a Surf Rebel by Michael Lear Hynson and Donna Klaasen Jost. Make sure you come back each episode as we read the book in it's entirety by end of season. This book is available for purchase on Amazon.com.If you want to help support the podcast you can visit https://buymeacoffee.com/thesurferslibrary to do so.

S2E2: Transcendental Memories of a Surf Rebel Chapter 4 - 7

Billy Jack reads chapters 4 through 7 of Mike Hynson's autobiography: Transcendental Memories of a Surf Rebel by Michael Lear Hynson and Donna Klaasen Jost. Make sure you come back each episode as we are going to read the book in it's entirety by end of season. This book is available for purchase on Amazon.com.If you want to help support the podcast you can visit https://buymeacoffee.com/thesurferslibrary to do so.

S2E1: Transcendental Memories of a Surf Rebel Chapter 1 - 3

Billy Jack kicks off summer 2026 and season 2 of the podcast reading Mike Hynson's autobiography: Transcendental Memories of a Surf Rebel by Michael Lear Hynson and Donna Klaasen Jost. This episode we read chapters one through three. Make sure you come back each episode as we are going to read the book in it's entirety by end of season. This book is available for purchase on Amazon.com.If you want to help support the podcast you can visit https://buymeacoffee.com/thesurferslibrary to do so.

S1E14: The Last Wave by Greg Noll and Andrea Gabbard

Today Billy Jack reads The Last Wave by Greg Noll and Andrea Gabbard from the book The Big Drop edited by John Long. In 1969 Greg Noll took off on one of the biggest waves ever at Makaha and nearly died in the process. After barely surviving the wipeout, he realized he’d pushed it as far as he could and decided to walk away from big-wave surfing for good. This is the story.

History of Surfing: Chapter 3 – Malibu Swing, 1945 to Late 1950s, Part 2

Today we wrap up part two in a supersized episode in which Billy reads the second half of Chapter 3: Malibu Swing 1945 - late 1950s from Matt Warshaw's The History of Surfing. We pick up with Dewey Weber, Tubesteak Tracy and Miki Dora as they define the 50's surfer style... Enjoy!