JAIMAL YOGIS is a writer living on the western fringe of San Francisco. His articles have won numerous journalism awards and have appeared in The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, The Surfers Journal, Afar Magazine, San Francisco Magazine, Surfer, Gizmodo.com and many others. Saltwater Buddha, a memoir, is his first book and is currently being turned into a film. His next book, The Fear Project, will be released by Rodale in 2012. Jaimal is also the spokesman for Surf for Life, a non-profit that builds schools in coastal towns where the children don’t have proper access to education. Follow Jaimal on Twitter.