I Smiled Back: The Story Nobody Knows

An immersive memoir about a groundbreaking surfing career, and a stunning portrait of Ireland as one of the world's most captivating big-wave surfing destinations.

This is an oddly shaped memoir. Stay where you are! These memories are from 1978 to 1988 and they are my own. Some other memories in this book belong to people born long before me. This took much longer than it should have to write. I travelled into memories. I had chosen to forget. When anyone does that journey, it can be difficult.

Now revealed comprehensively for the first time in Crean -The Extraordinary Life of an Irish Hero, discover the remarkable saga of Tom Crean, a humble hero whose story the world has been bereft of for too long.