Learning to surf is stressful. Battling through white water to get out, fighting currents to stay in place, identifying your status in the lineup and having to deal with the alphas, paddling into a looming set-all are just precursors to catching the wave. Then tunnel vision compresses your view, paddling blindly into a wave, feeling it smash behind you, struggling to pop-up and then the disappointment when the wave closes out in front of you because you’ve failed to build speed. Clayton, Amanzi’s founder, is able to break all these stressors down, and using vivid metaphors and studiously thought out explanations, extend these panicky milliseconds into relaxed interregnums in which you can luxuriantly enjoy your surfing.