Surfing the Himalayas: A Spiritual Adventure
Product DescriptionAn inspirational and spiritual adventure uses a central metaphor of snowboarding to explore a holistic approach to living and making the most of the mind/body connection. Reprint. Amazon. com ReviewAn engaging true story of a young American snowboarder who seeks “the ultimate high” in the Himalayas. But he stumbles on an experience more thrilling than he can anticipate when he becomes a spiritual apprentice to a Buddhist monk. . . and therein lies the. . . More >>
Frederick Lenz claims to be a “world-class” snowboarder. His choice of rhetoric does not escape the fact that he is as “AM” (not “Pro”)as they come. Anyone who has ridden on a different hemisphere can consider themselves a “world-class” snowboarder; thus, my 65 year old Grandmother is a “world-class” snowboarder. . . just like Mr. Lenz. Lenz is a discrace to the “true” snowboarder community. He writes for middle-class “week-end worriors” who snowboard because they think it will impress their kids. Moreover, Lenz makes more money then any and all top pro riders (even Terje), so don’t be fooled by his so-hip-Cali-pour-boy front; he’s a million-dollar-poster-boy who will sell-out at a moments notice. Ask anyone who can land a backside rodeo 540 who “Frederick Lenz” is. . . and they’ll have no clue. Why! Because he’s a no-body; he’s not a snowboarder; he’s a flake!
Rating: 1 / 5
Frederick Lenz’s work of a traveler and a Buddhist I found rather uninspiring as a whole. Some interesting ideas overall, but when I was done with the book I put it down and moved on. I read this book when it first came out, and I never reccomended it to anyone because there are so many other books that are better. Thats what I feel.
Rating: 3 / 5
If you don’t like this book, then watchout, because you’ll get bad karma and you’ll be a failure the rest of your life! That’s what the real Frederick Lenz would like you to think.
Why is it that everyone who rated this book a 10 happens to know the author personally and wants you to go to their web site? Perhaps they’re trying to sell you something ?
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It’s a good thing Fred called this thing fiction – that it certainly is. Most of the book is spent trying to convince the reader that Fred is the most enlightened being on the planet! Please . . . . grow up . . . . get a life . .
Rating: 1 / 5
Frederick Lenz during his lifetime was a notorious cult leader that secretly victimized hundreds of followers for money, sex, and power, effectively hiding the intents of his purpose under the guise of spiritualism and pursuits of enlightenment. Many of his victims were taught incorrect spritual principles, lived in poverty while Frederick Lenz lived in extravagant luxury, and gave most of their youth, lives, health and energy, and more specifically money to Frederick Lenz. Frederick Lenz deserves his bad reputation within the spiritual community for the harm he brought to his followers, many of them who were innocent youth and who were innocent to spiritual charlatanism and exploitation. His suicide/death is a fitting retribution of those who are false teachers and cause violence against their students. This book is only a propaganda piece for his own elevation as a teacher, whose only legacy is intense damage.
Rating: 3 / 5
Frederick Lenz’s miserable attempt to create a primer for pop pseudo-Buddhist/snowboarder wannabes is both disrespectful and down right offensive to true adherents of these disciplines. The prose of this failure more closely mimics that of the “Curious George” series than it does the writing of a man truly enlightened by spiritual adventure. A reader seeking to find the true nature of the himilayan spiritual life would could come much closer with a read of Peter Matthiessen’s “Snow Leopard” or just about any book other than the subject of this review. ”
Rating: 1 / 5