A 50-day, 700-mile bike ride down the California coast offers surprising views and fascinating encounters.

Slow Is Fast chronicles what Dan Malloy has called “a mini-adventure in our own backyard.” In September 2012, Dan Malloy, Kanoa Zimmerman and Kellen Keene jumped on a train headed north – along with bicycles, a surfboard, wetsuits, flippers, a microphone and some cameras. The idea was to travel down the coast by bike, stopping to surf; staying with friends, family and acquaintances; poaching camps when need be and doing their best to earn their keep and to learn from folks who do good work and get by along the California coast.

Dan Malloy: Mexican-Irish from Ojai.
Kellen Keene: Irish-Italian filmmaker and commercial fisherman, currently living in San Luis Obispo.
Kanoa Zimmerman: Jewish-Hawaiian, currently living and working in San Francisco.