Author Archives: Tom Mahony

About: Tom Mahony

Author/Surfer

Tom Mahony is a biological consultant in California with an M.S. degree from Humboldt State University. His first novel, Imperfect Solitude, was released by Casperian Books in 2010. His second novel, Flooding Granite, is forthcoming in Fall 2011. Visit him at tommahony.net.

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Time-Sensitive Obligations

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011

There’s only one occasion when I need a watch: while surfing before a meeting or another time-sensitive obligation. It can be tricky.

Tom Mahony's Imperfect Solitude

Excerpt: Imperfect Solitude

Thursday, December 9th, 2010

A surf, no matter how marginal, would clear his head. Bury the bullshit. Nobody could tell him how to ride waves.

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Smitty’s Dad

Friday, November 26th, 2010

We were 15 when Smitty’s dad took us on our first Baja trip. For weeks leading up to it, we jabbered about what to expect. None of us had a clue.

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Latitudinal Smuggery

Monday, November 8th, 2010

There’s a latitudinal smuggery in West Coast surfing: the higher the latitude, the more smug the surfer is toward those further south.

Tom Mahony's Imperfect Solitude

Clarity

Thursday, October 14th, 2010

Sharks and drowning are low percentage affairs. Those concerns dominate the mind but can, except for in rare cases, be conquered in the mind.

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