WRITING

“STOP THE CAR. Talk to strangers. Smile. Ask directions. Trust people. Trust karma. Trust your instincts. Attempt the language. Say hello. Say thank you. Say yes. Taste everything. Drink firewater. Dance. Wander. Touch the earth. Enter the water. Climb the mountain. Confess the stars. Kiss a stranger. Embrace the dawn. Drive. Get lost. Be found. Be good. Be bad. Stretch. Listen. Love. Leave. Lose the map. Ignore the emails. Abandon your shoes. Write it down. Never forget. Never look back. Never go home. Travel is everything.”

—excerpt from Behold the World, “Bali Belly Magazine”

Nathan Myers is the former editor of Surfing Magazine, Bali Belly Magazine, and The Surfers Journal. 

He has written feature articles to magazines around the world, including LA Times, West, Sierra, Islands, Whalebone, Vana, and The Wall Street Journal.

He contributed to The Encyclopedia of Surfing, How To Do Everything, Surfing’s Greatest Misadventures and wrote Guac Off: The Guacamole Book. He the world’s leading authority on guacamole competition.

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WEST MAGAZINE (LA Times Sunday insert): “Flash Forward: Eric Jordan” profile

LA TIMES: Foam & Chaos: Confessions of Surf School Instructor

LA TIMES: Strange Birds Fly South

THE SURFERS JOURNAL: Call them All: Writing the Encyclopedia of Surfing

BELLY MAGAZINE: Portrait of a Blue Man Leaving: Ashley Bickerton profile

VANA MAGAZINE: Forrest Minchinton profile

THE SURFERS JOURNAL: Jared Mel profile

BELLY MAGAZINE: Gerry Lopez profile

VANA MAGAZINE: Death Rides a Horse: Baja Moto Trip

WHALEBONE MAGAZINE: A Brief History of Donuts (and AI art)

ISLANDS MAGAZINE: Dragon Sex: Diving the Komodo Islands

BELLY MAGAZINE: Behold the World – Travel is Everything

GUAC OFF: The Guacamole Book

THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SURFING (ghostwriter)

THE SURFERS JOURNAL: Mikala Jones profile

BELLY MAGAZINE: Food Reviews

BELLY MAGAZINE: Food Reviews

ISLANDS MAGAZINE: The Bold Life