Jim Kempton
Jim Kempton is a lifelong surfer, cook, and writer. He’s been the editor and publisher of Surfer magazine; the director of Quiksilver’s Crossing Project, a boat that searched the world for the best surf breaks; the director of media for Billabong; and the owner of the former Margarita’s Village, an award-winning regional Mexican restaurant in San Clemente, California. The San Clemente resident is currently the president of the California Surf Museum.
Books by Jim Kempton
Pegasus Books, 2021
First We Surf, Then We Eat: Recipes from a Lifetime of Surf Travel
Prospect Park Books, 2018