Claudia Lebenthal is the author and editor of Surfer Stories. She is the founder of STYLE of SPORT, the digital publication that celebrates sport and the intersection with fashion, design, art, news, and culture. She is also the coauthor of Stoked: The Evolution of Action Sports, an award-winning coffee table book on the history of extreme sports. Lebenthal has a long history in the magazine world as well, having served as a photography and visual director at a number of Condé Nast publications including Allure, Women’s Sports & Fitness, and SELF.

In both her professional and personal endeavors, Lebenthal has had a lifelong passion for sport, which she has shared with readers worldwide in books, magazines, and online. She brings that passion to fruition once again in Surfer Stories, a celebration of the sport of surfing and twelve of its greatest waveriders.