Kanoa Zimmerman Author & Illustrator

Dan Malloy is the youngest of the three Malloy bothers from Ventura County, California. He has been a professional surfer, for 20 years traveling the globe and surfing some of the biggest, coldest, and most remote waves the ocean has to offer. He and his brothers have worked as ambassadors and consultants for Patagonia for 13 years, since helping launch their surf division in 2004. Along with testing new equipment, designing great, and creative marketing, he and his brothers make short films and books documenting their travels and the surf craftspeople they meet along the way. His earlier works consist of starring in, making music for, and assisting with production for films such as Sprout, The Present, Thicker Than Water, and A Broke Down Melody, and more recently Come Hell or High Water. Dan has created short films for Patagonia's Worn Wear initiative, and he collaborates on marketing for Patagonia Provisions and their new Work Wear line. Dan lives with his wife Grace and their dairy goats on a small homestead in the Ojai Valley. Kanoa Zimmerman is a photographer living in San Francisco. He studied photography at The New School University in New York and the Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, CA. His photographs have been featured in The Surfers Journal, The Travel Almanac, and other surf/travel periodicals. He has had photo exhibitions in San Francisco, New York, Paris, and Tokyo. Kellen Keene is a surfer and filmmaker living in San Luis Obispo, California.