Reviews

"Like Daniel Duane's 1996 memoir, Caught Inside, On a Wave goes beyond the lore of the sport and brings to life its natural venue....Though Ziolowski's language is as brisk and frothy as Hawaiian surf, what makes this memoir so affecting is how he mines his emotional life as a child."

"The surfing competence that Ziolkowski achieved was considerable, but this memoir is more than an account of a sport mastered, It's a sharp, self-conscious portrait of the artist as a young grommet."