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The gutwrenching story of how one of Australias finest surfers overcame a brain injury and despair to win an Olympic medal

On the morning of 10 December 2015 Owen Wright entered the water at Pipeline Hawaii determined to become a world champion But after being pounded by a set of monstrous waves he ended up fighting for life and facing extensive brain trauma In this inspirational memoir Wright chronicles the events leading up to that fateful day as well as the months and years that followed as he battled to regain basic functioning and eventually the capacity to compete again at the apex of surfing

Against the Water carries the reader back to Wrights 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 fathers methods bore fruit the Wrights of Culburra would become Australian surfing royalty Owens 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

Owen was a childhood phenom who grew into the ultimate family man In between this transition he took on the world charged crazy waves suffered a huge brain injury and finished off with the alltime sporting comebackMick Fanning threetime world champion surfer

Whatever it is that Owen is getting himself into he seems to do it with little to no fear and a massive smile on his face Hes an inspirational guy to put it lightly Owen is one special humanLiam Hemsworth actor

Owen Wright has to be the most inspiring person Ive ever metHis story is one of a childhood prodigy to facing a neardeath experience to Australian hero This book will inspire and motivate anyone who has had
to face adversity whilst following their dreamsKita Alexander singersongwriter

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