Brad Alan Lewis’ determination to win an Olympic medal had taken over his life by 1984. He would be too old for the 1988 Games and his spot on the 1980 team had been lost to world politics. Only 1984 remained. But Lewis had a problem. Emotionally crushed after losing a guaranteed spot on the team by nine-tenths of a second in the single scull trials, Lewis went to the dreaded Olympic selection camp, where he hoped to earn a place in a national team boat. Again he failed. Lewis refused to be denied. He teamed up with Paul Enquist, who had been cut from the camp, and began training to challenge the national boat. It would be their last chance to compete in the Los Angeles Olympic Games. Using innovative psychological and physical training techniques developed by Lewis, they defeated the national entry at the double scull trials, three weeks after being considered failures by the system. In an event dominated by the Europeans, they won the first United States gold medal in rowing since 1964 and the first in the double scull since 1932. Lewis’ story is more than a book about a man winning a gold medal in a sport that offers little more than personal rewards. It is about challenging convention, overcoming defeat and working outside of an established system. Assault on Lake Casitas is a compelling tale of competition at the highest possible level and the emotions that fuel obsession.

Assault on Lake Casitas

Lewis, Brad Alan

Biographies & Memoirs

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

I am tempted to list this book as 'unclassifiable'. Probably should. On the surface, it's about an old guy and a young guy hiking the John Muir Trail. They are searching for a missing hiker. While searching, the old guy attempts to teach the young guy about what it means to be a man. Take a chance on Last Car... I think it'll get you thinking. Brad Alan Lewis

The Last Car in the Parking Lot

Literature & Fiction

DEMON BEAN is about a very determined woman, Fiona Brooks, who fights like hell to keep Starbucks from taking root in her little town of Pacific Palisades, California. Does Fiona succeed? Read and find out.

Demon Bean: The Great Coffee War of Pacific Palisades

Contemporary

Of the five really exciting, cool, wild, important things to do on this planet, hiking the John Muir Trail is at the absolute top of the list. Give 'Walking Towards Thunder' a read and hopefully it'll light your adventure-fire and I'll see you on the trail next summer.

Walking Towards Thunder

Back in February, 1986, I signed on to sail in the America's Cup. I was a lowly 'grinder,' the guy who does most of the work while being yelled at by the other crewmen. FUN! Actually it was a fun for the most part. And hard work. And miserable at times. And scary quite a few times, when the wind was raging off the Golden Gate Bridge. I was a part of the St. Francis Yacht Club syndicate - our 12-meter was called the USA. We had a wildman for a skipper, Tom Blackaller - 'Blacky' we called him. He was a kooky character to say the least. The America's Cup back then was contested in Fremantle, Australia, where the wind would come screaming across the Indian Ocean, right into our faces. Exciting times off the coast of Western Australia. 'Confessions' is a first-person, truthful account of what it was like to be a part of a crazy endeavor, as a worker ant, 'before the mast' as the saying goes. Hope you like it, Brad Alan Lewis

Confessions of a Grinder: My first-person account of competing in the America’s Cup as a grinder on board the 12-meter USA from the St. Francis Yacht ... really cool, 1986-87, Fremantle, Australia

Sports & Outdoors

Water Sports

1990, trade paperback edition, Broad Street Books, PA. 177 pages. Black and white photo gallery. Terrific true-life story of a crew man on the water, determined to win a rowing medal in the 1984 Olympic Games. Exciting tale of determination and a man on a mission.

Broad Street Books

Taking on the challenge of coaching the poor-but-humble mens' varsity crew at UC Santa Barbara requires a special sort of person - Olympic gold medalist Brad Alan Lewis is the man for the job. Or is he? Yes, he'd won the gold at the Olympics, but he'd never coached a college crew - not even a novice team. Mountain lions, rattlesnakes, icy roads, crazed bass fishermen - they all conspired to make Lewis's challenge even more... challenging. Read 'Wanted: Rowing Coach' and find out if he survived. Actually, since it's an autobiography of sorts (thinly veiled fiction) you can pretty much assume he survived. Nonetheless, read 'Wanted' and find out how much fun, excitement, adventure Lewis and his crew had along the way. Several Class 7 rowing/life lessons included at no extra charge.

Wanted:Rowing Coach

Shark Press

Provides behind-the-scenes information about the cast and production of the popular television program that is seen in over one hundred countries around the world.

Baywatch : Rescued From Prime Time

Humor & Entertainment

Lewis, Brad A.

Television

New Millenium

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Assault on Lake Casitas

The Last Car in the Parking Lot

Demon Bean: The Great Coffee War of Pacific Palisades

Walking Towards Thunder

Confessions of a Grinder: My first-person account of competing in the America’s Cup as a grinder on board the 12-meter USA from the St. Francis Yacht ... really cool, 1986-87, Fremantle, Australia

Assault on Lake Casitas

Wanted:Rowing Coach

Baywatch : Rescued From Prime Time