STEVE PIKE is the editor and founder of Wavescape.co.za, South Africa's biggest surf portal with traffic of over 80 000 user sessions per month. A radio reporter, journalist and lecturer, Steve is also the director of the Wavescapes Surf Film Festival - and event that attracts around 10,000 visitors. His alter ego, SPIKE, who is the official author of the book, is exceptionally well known within local and international surfing communities.