From the best freestyle surfer in the world, an inspiring and moving memoir about his ascendance to the top of the surfing world while struggling for most of his young life with undiagnosed Aspergers syndrome
Clay Marzo has an almost preternatural gift with a surfboard. From his first moments underwater (he learned to swim at two months old) to his first ventures atop his fathers surfboard as a toddler, it was obvious that Marzos single-minded focus on all things surfing was unique. But not until late in his teens, when this surfing phenom was diagnosed with Aspergers syndrome, did the deeper reasons for his obsessionand his astonishing gift for surfingbecome clear.
Just Add Water is the remarkable story of Marzos rise to the top of the pro surfing worldand the personal trials he overcame in making it there. Marzo endured a difficult childhood. He was a colicky baby who his mother found could be soothed only with water. Later, as he entered school, his undiagnosed Aspergers made it tough for him to relate to his peers and fit in, but his relationship with the wave was elemental. Marzo could always turn to surfing, the only place where he truly felt at peace.
Unflinching and inspiring, Just Add Water is a brave memoir from a one-of-a-kind surfing savant who has electrified fans around the world with his gift and whose story speaks boldly to the hope and ultimate triumph of the human spirit.
Clay Marzo has an almost preternatural gift with a surfboard. From his first moments underwater (he learned to swim at two months old) to his first ventures atop his fathers surfboard as a toddler, it was obvious that Marzos single-minded focus on all things surfing was unique. But not until late in his teens, when this surfing phenom was diagnosed with Aspergers syndrome, did the deeper reasons for his obsessionand his astonishing gift for surfingbecome clear.
Just Add Water is the remarkable story of Marzos rise to the top of the pro surfing worldand the personal trials he overcame in making it there. Marzo endured a difficult childhood. He was a colicky baby who his mother found could be soothed only with water. Later, as he entered school, his undiagnosed Aspergers made it tough for him to relate to his peers and fit in, but his relationship with the wave was elemental. Marzo could always turn to surfing, the only place where he truly felt at peace.
Unflinching and inspiring, Just Add Water is a brave memoir from a one-of-a-kind surfing savant who has electrified fans around the world with his gift and whose story speaks boldly to the hope and ultimate triumph of the human spirit.
