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Against the Water: A surfing champion's inspirational journey to Olympic glory by Owen Wright

Against the Water: A surfing champion's inspirational journey to Olympic glory: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Against the Water: A surfing champion's inspirational journey to Olympic glory audiobook runs 8.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Barton Welch (about 5.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.3listening hrs
Memoirsstore shelf
2023released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 8.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish Against the Water: A surfing champion's inspirational journey to Olympic glory at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day17 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 8.3 hours, it runs longer than 58% of the 10,266 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog.

Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

Against the Water: A surfing champion's inspirational journey to Olympic glory is an audiobook by Owen Wright: a 8.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Barton Welch, released August 1, 2023, on the Memoirs and Sports shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
8.3 hrs
Narrated by
Barton Welch
Released
August 1, 2023
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Memoirs, Sports
ISBN
9781761106590

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Against the Water: A surfing champion's inspirational journey to Olympic glory audiobook?

Against the Water: A surfing champion's inspirational journey to Olympic glory runs 8.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.6 hours.

Is the Against the Water: A surfing champion's inspirational journey to Olympic glory audiobook free?

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Who narrates Against the Water: A surfing champion's inspirational journey to Olympic glory?

Against the Water: A surfing champion's inspirational journey to Olympic glory is narrated by Barton Welch.