Woodrow "Pack" Landfair
Author of Road Journals (May 12, 2026) and Land of The Free (2014)
Owner of El Porto Surf Shop & Player's Liquor
Founder of Porto Surf Crew
El Porto, California
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Former University of Texas baseball player, (2005 NCAA National Champion, 2004 & 2005 Teammate of The Year) who traveled the 48 states by motorcycle and now runs a surf shop in El Porto while writing books about the road, surfing, and building a life outside the ordinary.
Woodrow Pack Landfair - adventurer, author, entrepreneur, and owner of El Porto Surf Shop - arrived in California after a 48-state motorcycle odyssey, the subject of Road Journals (Harbinger May 12, 2026). He is on a quest to surf every coastal nation on earth. The people met and philosophies learned along the way are the subject of his 2027 sequal, Surf Journals, Vol. 1
Road Journals: 48 States by Motorcycle, 2006-2007 (May 12, 2026, Harbinger Book Group)
WHY SURF THE WORLD?
WHY SURF THE WORLD?
Metaphorically, 'surf the world' means to ride the present moment (and all given reality) as a wave - not trying to hang on to it nor make it last, but to enjoy it and enjoy yourself, and to ride life for all it's worth - just for the sake of living it.
Literally, 'surf the world' refers to my quest to surf the 182 coastal nations of planet earth. There are 182 of them currently. The number alters every now and then due to wars. My intention in this adventure is to learn, grow, have fun, see new places, connect with other individuals, to develop and to share my gifts - and to get to explore local surf cultures. I'm also doing this to get to practice yoga, tai chi, and similar ancient wellness and philosophy in other countries, but mainly I'm just doing this because I believe I can and should - and I wanna pick-up and lay-down positive vibes in as many places across earth as I can.
I am writing about these journeys for my own deeper understanding, and in order to share whatever philosophies I learn and attempt to apply through them... if I live through them. This is a 182 nation odyssey afterall, I've only surfed 14 countries so far, and I anticipate this taking roughly 20 years - while life itself is deadly, unpredicatably short, and inherently dangerous.
My newest book, Surf Journals, due out May 2027, covers the first 19 countries of my surf odyssey so far.
As my grandfather says, 'Nothing ventured, nothing gained." So, here goes nothing!
Overlooking the surf break at El Porto Beach, just before the Chevron refinery, where you can watch the planes taking off from LAX and landing from all over the world.
Since 2020, I've visited 46 different states in my surf bus, along with my dog and different girlfriends, on a personal quest to surf every coastline on planet earth.
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