SEAN DOHERTY
ACCLAIMED SURF WRITER
TALKS ABOUT HIS BOOKS
AND HIS CAREER



THE MOMENT: A surfer's life is spent chasing them.
That magic second when all the elements align. It could be inside a crystal blue barrel wrapping around
a palm-fringed Indonesian island. It could be perched in the lip of a 15-foot Pipeline widowmaker.
It could be as your feet touch the sand for the first time as the new world surfing champion.
It could be when you are the first person to come across a mind-numbing human tragedy.
It could be, simply, staring out over an empty pointbreak at dawn and
realising you're the only human being within 30 miles.

The Moment is where the great surfing photo and the classic surf story meet.
With some of the world's best surf photographers' most pivotal and interesting work showcased,
The Moment will dive into the photos and tell the story behind them.

Author Biography:

Sean Doherty is a native of Forster on the New South Wales mid-north coast.
He began his career with surf journalism in 1997 with Tracks magazine, became editor in 2000
- the longest-serving (and -suffering) editor of the iconic Australian surf magazine.
His 2004 biography on surf legend Michael Peterson was the basis for an upcoming feature film.
He has written for the Sydney Morning Herald, Surfer and Surfing magazines in the US,
as well surfing magazines in other parts of the world. He's also, of course, a great bloke and a red-hot surfer.

In August 2009, Sean will publish Bra Boys, the highly anticipated official biography of the Abberton brothers.
Written with the cooperation of the four brothers, Bra Boys will follow their story from its humble beginnings
on the sands of Maroubra to global surf stardom, including everything you won’t read in the papers.

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