Grey Goddess takes you on a summer journey through the California world of surfing, sex, and finding lost spirit. "A true but comical depiction of the surfing lifestyle, Bill Morris has hit the lip with his book, Grey Goddess." --Skip Snead, Surfing magazine "Finally, a coherent fictional treatise on humankind's two most worthwhile obsessions: surfing and sex." --Scott Hulet, Editor, The Longboard Quarterly "Fun reading. Wish I was back in California and a few years younger " --Dave Bowman, Seattle Times Grey Goddess is an underground hit in the world of California beach life and surfing, a novel that has received high praise around the world. It traces the strange spiritual journey of a man in crisis who meets a mystical goddess on the beach who guides him in his survival quest. A unique picture of California mysticism, surfing, spirit, and summer beaches, reviewers have applauded the book world over. This second edition release was originally published under the title "Stoked " and sold out in surfing and sporting stores around the world. Take a strange journey toward spirit: "In my mind, I saw the young people I had come to know as I had begun this strange surfing thing. I smiled at the fun we'd had together. In my mind's eye I could clearly see each of them striving to catch waves. I sat on the rock, thinking about these battered young surfers. Geek, Monstro, Squirrel, Cowboy, Rude Kurt. Each had a vision, each an anger or history they were working out. But in surfing, their vision and anger were purified into charged spirit, inspiration, as they applied their skills to attempt beauty with the earth, to ride the wave in grace. Their efforts were toward joy. And they were stoked."