The Cedar Surf: An Informal History of Surfing in British Columbia

Grant Shilling

ISBN 10: 0921586930 / ISBN 13: 9780921586937

Published by New Star Books, 2003

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Surf's up! But don't bother to put on your bikini. This is BC's WET coast, where the water temperature never goes above eleven degrees Celsius. BC surfers have been paddling out to catch waves at Sombrio Beach, Tofino, Ucluelet, and Jordan River for over forty years. Today, a mixture of Vancouver Island's first families of surfing and newcomers to the sport fight for position on the water but party hardy together on the beach. Join author Grant Shilling as he takes us on a wild ride through BC's surf culture, from the squatters who started it all to the new economics of surf. The Cedar Surf: An Informal History of Surfing in British Columbia is number 10 in the Transmontanus series.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Cedar Surf: An Informal History of Surfing in British Columbia
• Publisher: New Star Books
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0921586930
• ISBN 13: 9780921586937
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

Surf’s up! But don’t bother to put on your bikini. This is British Columbia’s WET coast, where the water temperature never goes above eleven degrees Celsius. Grant Shilling’s The Cedar Surf explores the history and practice of surfing in British Columbia, a sport which is fast becoming an important economic contributor to local coastal economies.

It’s about surf shacks, back roads, bushwackers, hitchhikers, and squatters in the rainforest isolation in and around places such as Tofino, Ucluelet, Jordan River and Sombrio Beach.

About the Author

Grant Shilling, a regular contributor to publications such as Broken Pencil and the Georgia Straight, lives with his family in British Columbia s Gulf Islands. He surfs a longboard he calls "The Muff."