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Chasing Mavericks

Michael Apted, Curtis Hanson, 2012

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Making Mavericks: The Memoir of a Surfing Legend
Frosty Hesson, Ian Spiegelman, 2012

NOVELIZATION

Making Mavericks: The Memoir of a Surfing Legend is a movie novelization written by Frosty Hesson and Ian Spiegelman in 2012 and based on the movie Chasing Mavericks, directed by Michael Apted and Curtis Hanson in 2012. The movie features Jonny Weston, Gerard Butler, Elisabeth Shue, Abigail Spencer, Leven Rambin, Greg Long, and others.

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Chasing Mavericks (2012)
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RATING

7.1

/ 10

Movie Poster: Chasing Mavericks (Michael Apted, Curtis Hanson, 2012)

8.6

/ 10

Book Cover: Making Mavericks: The Memoir of a Surfing Legend (Frosty Hesson, Ian Spiegelman, 2012)

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AUDIOBOOK

Audiobook cover of Making Mavericks: The Memoir of a Surfing Legend, the 2012 book by Frosty Hesson, Ian Spiegelman.

Making Mavericks: The Memoir of a Surfing Legend

Read by: Gary Dikeos

Storyline

When young Jay Moriarity discovers that the mythic Mavericks surf break, one of the biggest waves on Earth, exists just miles from his Santa Cruz home, he enlists the help of local legend Frosty Hesson to train him to survive it.

Genres

Movie vs Book

Poster of Chasing Mavericks, the 2012 movie by Michael Apted and Curtis Hanson

Year

2012

Minutes

116

Movie Rate

7.10

Source: IMDb

Movie

Chasing Mavericks

Country: USA

Year: 2012

Length: 1h56m

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Cover of Making Mavericks: The Memoir of a Surfing Legend, the 2012 book by Frosty Hesson and Ian Spiegelman

Year

2012

Pages

320

Book Rate

8.62

S: Goodreads

Book

Making Mavericks: The Memoir of a Surfing Legend

Country: USA

First published in: 2012

Length: 320 pages

Genre: Non Fiction

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