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There’s a certain kind of lost a boy feels in this world without a father. Tim felt it. I felt it. And we realized our only way out would be together. In an openhearted memoir of faith on the fringe, Roger Thompson meditates on the life and premature death of his best friend and business partner, Tim Garrety, cofounder of Skate Street Ventura. Roger and Tim’s twenty-year friendship was forged in the surf and on the streets of 1980s California. Together they hazarded countless waves and every rite of passage—from guitars to girls to God—and influenced the lives of thousands of skateboarders, musicians, surfers, and otherwise disconnected youth in the process. With unrestrained honesty and a punk-rock soundtrack, My Best Friend’s Funeral is a memoir of friendship, doubt, surfing, and the complex relationships between fathers and sons.
About the Author
Roger is a husband, father, and acclaimed author seeking to write good stories while trying to live an even better one. When not working, he can be found fly-fishing, building furniture and surfing with his sons near the coastal town of Ventura California where he lives with his wife, two young sons, one Australian Shepherd, and seven productive chickens.
In addition to book writing, Roger has co-written and co-produced several surf, skateboarding and documentary films. He has enjoyed a rewarding career launching innovative businesses and non profit organizations, including Skate Street Skatepark (Ventura, CA) , Rocketown (Nashville, TN) , Walking on Water Films and Surf Camps (San Diego, CA) . Roger is currently helping to design and develop a mission-oriented boutique resort in Haiti focused on elevating poverty in a coastal village west of Port-au-Prince.
