The Grom Diaries

What are the psychological, spiritual, and physical cultural needs for teenagers to come of age, to discover themselves, and find their place in this world? The Grom Diaries is an edgy and provocative piece of fiction exploring these questions and themes through the container of a surfing odyssey taken to the edge of the world. Stanley is a sixteen-year-old surf grom. And he’s after it. Sick sucking pits deep in the heart of Indonesia. It’s the dream, ya know? And the world’s ending, so you gotta “Get barreled now while you still can,” before it’s too late…That’s the ethic, at least. And it’s as hollow as it sounds - both inside and out.Based on a true story, this surfing odyssey is a quest into the heart of transformation. Malarial fever dreams, black magic, love and the stunningly beautiful moods of remote Indonesia are the setting. Ancient Indonesian villages meet fragments of the feral surfing counter-culture, and the sun keeps setting as it always has, for hundreds of thousands of years as a new generation seeks to find their place in this world.These boys believe that they are already men, and they want to put that belief to the test. Mysterious teachers and knowers of secrets offer soul guidance in the language that only the soul knows. The grace is given to find and live your own path in this world of hungry ghosts and clever manipulators. This is more than a story about surfing and waves, this is a story about finding a way in a world gone insane. Read more