Author Archives: Jaimal Yogis

About: Jaimal Yogis

Surfer/Journalist/Author

Jaimal Yogis is the author of Saltwater Buddha. His next book, The Fear Project, will be out in January, 2013 from Rodale. You can follow Jaimal on Facebook, Twitter, and www.jaimalyogis.com.

"When the first green wall—tall as a four-story building—marches off the horizon and pushes onto the reef, the base of the wave – the cauldron, as it’s called – drops below sea level, sucking in its gut." Photo: Mark Lukach

The Fear Project

Tuesday, January 8th, 2013

Mark Foo died on a day just like this, his body floating in a lagoon after catching an edge on an 18 footer. Mark Foo, who never came back—never. But I’ve trained for this. The statistics are on my side, I tell myself.

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The Fear Project and Fighting Fear

Monday, October 29th, 2012

In The Fear Project, I wanted to know the science behind what made these people tick, but I couldn’t help getting enthralled in their personal stories.

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The Most Fearless Surfer

Thursday, September 13th, 2012

Despite having to beg for survival, despite being constantly teased by men and women who say surfing is inappropriate for girls, Nassima had just beat all the boys in a surf contest.

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Wizardry of Fear and Courage, Pt. 3

Saturday, September 1st, 2012

All my reasoning faculties, plus the sea monsters, were telling me to paddle back with Ryan. But reason has never been my strong suit.

Author of Salwater Buddha, Jaimal Yogis, conducts field research at Padang Padang in Bali.

Wizardry of Fear and Courage, Pt. 2

Friday, August 17th, 2012

There’s an old Zen saying that you should practice Zen like your head is on fire. Instinctively, with full focus and commitment, and no hesitation. Rom surfed like it was the only thing that could quench the flames. I did my best to keep up.

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The Wizardry of Fear and Courage

Sunday, July 29th, 2012

Water is full of magic. Shapeless but incompressible, it is the only substance that can exist naturally as solid, liquid, and gas inside earth’s temperature range.

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Behind the Scenes of Saltwater Buddha

Monday, June 25th, 2012

Though there were many challenges involved in bringing Saltwater Buddha, the film, to life, the biggest was fixing my head.

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The Fear Project

Saturday, May 26th, 2012

Fear won’t go away. Fear is there for a reason, a survival tool. But we can change how we react and view our most primal emotion. It can be a huge deal that becomes literally what we are. Or it can just be an occasional flicker on the ocean of mind.

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The Zen of Iceland

Monday, March 19th, 2012

The two Icelandic locals – an older Viking-like guy and a younger Viking-like guy – don’t seem to mind us ruining their private session, maybe because they want to buy our boards, which are very hard to come by here (no surf shops).

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Surf Good

Tuesday, August 9th, 2011

Are surfers ruining one of the most beautiful islands on earth? The changes in Bali, and in so many surf destinations, are enough to make you question the surf travel obsession, The Search.

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