Bend to Baja: A Biofuel Powered Surfing and Climbing Road Trip

About Jeff Johnson

Jeff Johnson grew up in Danville California and moved to Hawaii as soon as he graduated high school. He lived on the North Shore of Oahu for fifteen years where he juggled two jobs: a North Shore City and County lifeguard and an international flight attendant for a commercial airline. These two jobs provided him a unique lifestyle. As a traveler self-taught writer and photographer Jeff has combined these talents to chronicle his experiences. His stories and photographs have appeared in The Wall Street Journal The Surfers Journal Alpinist Surfer magazine Climbing magazine and Outside magazine. The Surfer's Journal has described him as a piece of true grit and someone who doesn't back down when sketching the seamier side of the surf ghetto. Bend to Baja was his first book when it published in 2006. Jeffs second book 180° South: Conquerors of the Useless is a coffee table book as well as a documentary film. Jeff now resides in Santa Barbara California where he works full-time for Patagonia Inc. as a staff photographer writer and assists with product development. He divides his time between the mountains and the ocean. His website is jeffjohnsonstories.com.