The Book of Surfing: The Killer Guide - Softcover
Gorgeously illustrated, The Book of Surfing covers everything readers need to know about surf trips, iconic surf movies, profiles of the sport’s greats, practical advice for being a greener surfer, travel essentials—and how surfing conquered the world—from surfer and journalist Michael Fordham. Supplemented by 300 never-before-seen photos and beautiful how-to illustrations, “The Book of Surfing is the 21st century’s coolest guide to surf-culture, like, ever.” (The Surfer's Path)
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Everything you need to know about waves Classic surf trips, from California to Cornwall Iconic surf movies and legendary image-makers Profiles of surfing greats, including Miki Dora, Nat Young, and Kelly Slater Practical advice—from becoming a greener surfer to travel essentials and how surfing conquered the world!
It was the sport of Polynesian princes whose names have been lost to history. It is a lifestyle, an art, a sacred rite, a belief system—a unique way of being that deeply tunes the wave-rider into the planet's natural rhythms. It is a billion-dollar industry with millionaire superstars. It is ocean and adrenaline and magic.
The Book of Surfing is a one-stop killer guide to the complete surfing universe for the long-time enthusiast and movie alike.
Michael Fordham is a freelance writer and associate editor at a variety of surf journals. He has been features editor at Dazed & Confused and launched his own award-winning magazine, Adrenalin. Michael began surfing as a teenager at Sydney's northern beaches. In pursuit of his surfing obsessions be has braved mortar shells in El Salvador and has paddled through the barbed-wire beaches of Gaza. Michael has an encyclopaedic knowledge of the culture of wave riding and is one of surfing's most passionate and articulate voices.
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- PublisherIt Books
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 0061826782
- ISBN 13 9780061826788
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- Number of pages276
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