{"product_id":"gnar-country-growing-old-staying-rad-9780063272903","title":"Gnar Country: Growing Old, Staying Rad","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author and human performance expert tests his knowledge and theories on his own aging body in a quest to become an expert skier at age fifty-three.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGnar: adjective, short for \"gnarly,\" def: any environment or situation that is high in perceived risk and high in actual risk.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCountry: noun, def: any defined territory, landscape or terrain, fictitious or real.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCutting-edge discoveries in embodied cognition, flow science, and network neuroscience have revolutionized how we think about peak performance aging. On paper, these discoveries should allow older athletes to progress in supposedly \"impossible\" activities like park skiing (think: jumps and tricks.) To see if theory worked in practice, Kotler conducted his own ass-on-the-line experiment in applied neuroscience and later-in-life skill acquisition: He tried to teach an old dog some new tricks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecently, top pros have been performing well past a previously considered prime: World-class athletes such as Kelly Slater, the greatest surfer of all time, is winning competitions in his fifties; Tom Brady can beat players half his age. But what about the rest of us?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSteven Kotler has been studying human performance for thirty years, and taught hundreds of thousands of people at all skill levels, age groups, and walks of life, how to achieve peak performance. Could his own advice work for him?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGnar Country \u003c\/em\u003eis the chronicle of his experience pushing his own aging body past preconceived limits. It's a book about goals and grit and progression. It's an antidote for weariness that is inspiring, practical, and, often hilarious. It is about growing old and staying rad. It's a feverish reading experience that makes you put down the book, get out there, and \u003cem\u003emove\u003c\/em\u003e. Whether hurtling down a mountain side, running your first 10K race, or taking your career to new heights, Kotler challenges us to test ourselves, surpass our limits, and achieve our own impossible, whatever it might be. Part personal journey, part science experiment, part how-to guide, Kotler takes us on his punk rock, high-velocity joy-ride for a better life in spite--and often in defiance of--the perceived limitations of the aging human body.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKotler, Steven:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSteven Kotler\u003c\/strong\u003e is a \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author, an award-winning journalist, and the executive director of the Flow Research Collective. He is one of the world's leading experts on human performance. He is the author of eleven bestsellers (out of fourteen books total), including \u003cem\u003eThe Art of Impossible, The Future Is Faster Than You Think, Stealing Fire, \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Rise of Superman.\u003c\/em\u003e His work has been nominated for two Pulitzer Prizes, has been translated into more than fifty languages, and has appeared in more than one hundred publications, including the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Magazine, Wired, \u003c\/em\u003e the \u003cem\u003eAtlantic, Time, \u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003eHarvard Business Review\u003c\/em\u003e. Steven is also the cohost of \u003cem\u003eFlow Research Collective Radio, \u003c\/em\u003ea top ten iTunes science podcast. Whenever possible, he can be found hurling himself down mountains at high speeds.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50642138595602,"sku":"9780063272903","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bb8e1276-9b6d-4ef6-b652-3c2555a235b9.jpg?v=1757421557","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/gnar-country-growing-old-staying-rad-9780063272903","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}