Welcome to Paradise, Now Go to Hell Audiobook By Chas Smith, Joan Jett - foreword cover art

Welcome to Paradise, Now Go to Hell

A True Story of Violence, Corruption, and the Soul of Surfing

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Welcome to Paradise, Now Go to Hell

By: Chas Smith, Joan Jett - foreword
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Welcome to Paradise, Now Go to Hell is surfer and former war reporter Chas Smith's wild and unflinching look at the high-stakes world of surfing on Oahu's North Shore - a riveting, often humorous, account of beauty, greed, danger, and crime.

For two months every winter, when Pacific storms make landfall, swarms of mainlanders, Brazilians, Australians, and Europeans flock to Oahu's paradisiacal North Shore in pursuit of some of the greatest waves on earth for surfing's Triple Crown competition. Chas Smith reveals how this influx transforms a sleepy, laid-back strip of coast into a lawless, violent, drug-addled, and adrenaline-soaked mecca.

Smith captures this exciting and dangerous place where locals, outsiders, the surf industry, and criminal elements clash in a fascinating look at class, race, power, money, and crime, set within one of the most beautiful places on earth. The result is a breathtaking blend of crime and adventure that captures the allure and wickedness of this idyllic golden world.

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I lived Chaz's North Shore experience in the 80's for about 17 years.
It was the Balls I have so many crazy intense soul filling memories !
Thanks Chaz but beat u to it I just wasn't keen enough to write a book.
I actually took on Heavier than you.
Hawaiian Mana is Real !!!
Thank you Hawaii Nea!

Real

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Chaz is a good writer with a sense of social intelligence of a complex local North Shote hierarchy. Worth a read.

Another view of the the surf industry and the north shore

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Well written although exaggerated and outright false in some ways. Definitely worth a listen though especially if you have any affinity with Hawaii.

Well written

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Loved everything about this book. I’m a lover of Oahu! I’ll forever look at the North Shore from a new perspective. I felt like I was night next to the author!
Amazing writer!

Amazing

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I am learning how to surf on Oahu. And books like this totally help with why I want to learn.

Him learning about north shore

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