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Someone Is Killing The Worlds Best Surfers
Leith Holtzman
Authors Profile
Leith “Holtzy” Holtzman is a photographer, journalist and film maker with over 30 years experience specializing in extreme sports and underwater photography.
During the summer months Holtzy divides his time capturing the huge surf of the Margaret River region and traveling the world filming extreme sports, specifically freestyle motocross (FMX). He's worked for many years as Senior Photographer and Journalist with Freerider MX Magazine and has had hundreds of articles and photos published in other magazines all around the world including Tracks Surfing Magazine, Australian Surfing Life, Surfing World, Waves, Carve, Riptide, Bodyboarder, Western Angler, Fishing World and many more.
Holtzy has also released 10 action sport films and written, produced, directed, filmed, edited and occasionally starred in the successful extreme sport lifestyle TV series “HomegrownManiacs” which aired for two years on Foxtel and was watched by more than 700,000 people. A career highlight was spending 13 winter seasons behind the lens traveling the Ningaloo Reef photographing and filming all of it's amazing creatures in their natural environment such as whale sharks, manta rays, humpback whales and orcas. These extraordinary experiences were collaborated into a superb coffee table book “Ningaloo - Reflections on the Reef” which was released in 2015 and has long since sold out. Currently Holtzy is living off grid in a tent at Gnaraloo where the West Australian desert meets the sea while he completes his first fiction novel- a surf/murder/mystery titled “Havoc” and commences work on the second book of the series.
Featured Books
Multiple world surfing champion Jimmy Slide is found dead on a Balinese beach in mysterious circumstances the day after he celebrated winning another world title.
As each stop on the world surfing tour concludes another Top 5 competitor is found dead, the question must be asked- is there a serial killer out there targeting the world’s best surfers?
Rookie undercover cop and extreme sports adrenaline junkie Dirth ‘Havoc’ Spidder gets his dream assignment- he must infiltrate the hedonistic professional surf culture of endless parties, girls and drugs to find the serial killer before he or she strikes again.
Other Products
Homegrown Maniacs 4
DVD
Ningaloo - Reflections on the Reef
Create Havoc
Reviews
David
This is a crime novel set in a murky world of professional surfing and online influencers. The authors knowledge of the surfing and extreme sports world and ability to translate that for a non-surfing audience (without annoying the surfing audience) is well done. The mystery will keep you guessing to the end. The characters, especially Havoc, are well rounded and feel real. It’s a fast paced book that would suit a range of readers - especially those who like surf-noir in the vain of Ken Nunn or Jock Strong, or who like the irreverent tone of Robert G Barrett and older surfers who remember DC Green, Lash Clone and Gonad Man.
Brett F.
Really enjoyed this well written quick paced story that draws you in as the search for the killer progresses. Carried out against the back drop of professional surfing, incorporating extreme sports and complete with corporate manipulation and people who’ll do anything to achieve their goals. It totally keeps the pages turning
Big Rock Book Club
We really loved this racey, cleverly crafted surf murder mystery. It's a perfect mix of having a jab at surf culture while at the same time honouring it, with authentic and beautifully descriptive surf scenes in Australia's iconic surf locations. It keeps you guessing till the very end.
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