Kimball Taylor is an American writer and speaker on ocean issues, the environment, and bringing attention to the complex realities of the US-Mexican border.
[1][2][citation needed] In his first book, Return by Water: Surf Stories and Adventures (2005, Dimdim Publishing) Taylor describes the lifes of surfers in several countries.
In 2008, while on assignment investigating thousands of tires that regularly wash down the Tijuana River during rains, Taylor stumbled upon a massive and mysterious pile of discarded bicycles.
His story about secret spots and surf imperialism in Mainland Mexico, The Search, was published in Volume 15 number 6 of The Surfers Journal.
In 2016, he was asked to be part of a panel discussion of the US-Mexico border at the fourth annual San Antonio Book Festival.