Woodrow "Pack" Landfair
Author of Road Journals: 48 States. One Ride.
Owner of El Porto Surf Shop
Founder of Porto Surf Crew
El Porto, California
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Woodrow "Pack" Landfair is the owner of El Porto Surf Shop in El Porto, California and the author of Road Journals: 48 States. One Ride.
A former University of Texas baseball player, NCAA National Champion and Navy ROTC Midshipman, he pawned his College World Series ring - along with nearly all his possesions - to buy a used motorcycle and work his way across all 48 contiguous states after a back-injury forced him to abandon the future he had spent years working toward.
The journey eventually led him to El Porto, and became the foundation for the life he now writes about in the Road Journals and Surf Journals series.
Road Journals: 48 States. One Ride.
(May 12, 2026, Harbinger Book Group)
Road Journals tells the story of a 30,000-mile motorcycle trip across the United States after the end of baseball and naval careers that never fully began - and the path that eventually led to El Porto, California.
Written week by week on the road, the book follows the people he met, the jobs he worked, the places he slept, and the uncertainty of trying to build a life without a plan.
After completing his 48-state motorcycle journey, Landfair eventually settled in El Porto, California, where he purchased El Porto Surf Shop (and later Player's Liquor below) as platforms for his creative and community endeavors. Inspired by the travelers and surfers he meets there, he is now working on the sequal, Surf Journals, Vol. 1.
ABOUT PACK
Woodrow "Pack" Landfair is an author, surfer, and owner of El Porto Surf Shop in El Porto, California.
A member of the 2005 University of Texas National Championship baseball team and a Navy ROTC Midshipman, he pawned his championship ring and most of his possesions to travel across all 48 states by motorcycle from 2006 through 2007.
The journey became the basis for his books Land Of The Free (2014) and Road Journals (2026).
He now runs the neighborhood surf shop. organizes the annual El Porto Surf Contest, and is building the Porto Surf Crew surfwear brand.
Landfair celebrates with the University of Texas after winning the 2005 College World Series. Afterward, he was voted Teammate of The Year by his teammates for the second consecutive season. In 2006, he pawned his ring, and all his possesions, to buy a used motorcylce and set out across the country.
Landfair outside of El Porto Surf Shop, between fellow world-traveling surfers Ben Gravy and Hunter Jones.
Since 2020, Landfair has surfed in 19 countries and revisited 47 U.S. states in his surf bus, along with his dog, chronicling the journey for the upcoming sequal Surf Journals, Vol 1.
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