Two Journeys to Surfing and Writing

Featuring William Finnegan, award-winning author and staff writer for The New Yorker magazine, and Carissa Moore ‘10, three-time world champion surfer and Surfers’ Hall of Fame inductee.
William Finnegan’s passion for surfing led him to search the globe for “the perfect wave” and, in the course of his pursuit, build a career as an award-winning journalist and writer for The New Yorker. Known for his in-depth research and insightful profiles that allow the reader to glimpse inside the lives of his subject, his 1992 two-part series on surfing, “Doc Games,” is considered the seminal piece on the sport.
Carissa Moore ’10, after graduating from Punahou, has excelled on the surfing circuit. She has earned three World Surf League titles in four years and is among the world’s top female athletes.