{"product_id":"becoming-westerly-jamie-brisick-9798656225595","title":"Becoming Westerly: Surf Champion Peter Drouyn's Transformation into Westerly Windina","description":"In the sixties and seventies, Australian Peter Drouyn was one of the world's greatest surfers. He pioneered an aggressive approach called \"power surfing,\" introduced the man-on-man competition format, and charged giant waves in Hawaii. A Zelig figure, he took on many roles-method actor, surf resort owner, modeling school founder, and lawyer to name but a few. For nearly the past decade, Peter has been living as a woman, Westerly Windina, a complex, aspiring entertainer. Beginning with her 2012 trip to Bangkok for gender reassignment surgery, BECOMING WESTERLY traces Peter Drouyn's odyssey from teenage Queensland hopeful to 1960s surf champion to embittered has-been who struggles to rise again as the glamorous, sixty-four-year-old Westerly Surf journalist Jamie Brisick provides an intimate exploration of global surf culture-a nuanced portrait of Peter\/Westerly and the world that shaped her evolving identity. Brisick also co-directed the documentary film version of her story, titled Becoming Westerly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jamie Brisick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8656225596\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798656225595\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/23\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Jamie Brisick","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43943169851647,"sku":"9798656225595","price":18.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_bc3c5711-47e3-4a79-805c-3b194509a699.jpg?v=1681496608","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/becoming-westerly-jamie-brisick-9798656225595","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}