Booksigning/Reading of Surfing's Greatest Misadventures in SF & Santa Cruz on May 9th & 12th, 2006

Personal Watercraft (PWC) safety expert Shawn Alladio will read from and sign copies of Surfing’s Greatest Misadventures: Dropping In on the Unexpected. In the book, Alladio recalls tales of big saves and near misses at the Red Bull Big Wave Africa Surfing Contest in 2001. Alladio made more that 60 rescues during the event, including the rescue of Ian Armstrong who wiped out on a 35-foot wave, became temporarily paralyzed, and nearly drowned.

Alladio will read her story at the following Northern California locations:

Tuesday, May 9, 2006 in San Francisco at Borders in Stonestown Mall, 7PM
233 Winston Dr.
San Francisco, CA
Phone: 415.731.0665
Readers: Paul Diamond, Ben Marcus, Shawn Alladio

Friday, May 12, 2006 in Santa Cruz at Bookshop Santa Cruz, 7PM
1520 Pacific Avenue
Santa Cruz, CA
831-423-0900
Readers: Ben Marcus, Shawn Alladio

Shawn Alladio is the founder of K38 Water Safety and K38 Maritime Security Training. Creator of Personal Watercraft Rescue Boat courses, Alladio currently has over 9,000 hours of instruction time, training over 600 public and federal safety agencies worldwide. Alladio trains the special waterborne division of the USMC and US Navy. Alladio also provides water safety management to big-wave contests around the world. In 2005, Alladio was awarded the National Award of the National Water Safety Congress for superior efforts in boating safety education.

Alladio currently enjoys sponsorship from Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A, who is her exclusive PWC supplier. For 2006 she is using the STX tm I5F JET SKI ® watercraft in her classes and rescue events.

Surfing’s Greatest Misadventures: Dropping In on the Unexpected ($15.95, Casagrande Press) contains 30 gripping and unbelievable, but true, stories about shark attacks, wipeouts, surf calamities and comical pranks. The collection also includes stories by and about notable surfers such as: Laird Hamilton, Greg Noll, Buzzy Kerbox, Brad Gerlach and Bethany Hamilton.

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