The Encyclopedia of Surfing
Title | The Encyclopedia of Surfing PDF eBook |
Author | Matt Warshaw |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Pages | 820 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Reference |
ISBN | 9780156032513 |
With 1,500 alphabetical entries and 300 illustrations, this resource is a comprehensive review of the people, places, events, equipment, vernacular, and lively history of this fascinating sport.
The Encyclopedia of Surfing
Title | The Encyclopedia of Surfing PDF eBook |
Author | Matt Warshaw |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) |
Pages | 774 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Reference |
ISBN | 9780151005796 |
A pop culture reference of surfing in America today contains 1,500 alphabetical entries and three hundred illustrations to review the activity's most significant contributors, events, equipment, culture, and history. 25,000 first printing.
The Encyclopedia of Surfing
Title | The Encyclopedia of Surfing PDF eBook |
Author | Matt Warshaw |
Publisher | Penguin Books |
Pages | 774 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Surfing |
ISBN | 9780670041701 |
The History of Surfing
Title | The History of Surfing PDF eBook |
Author | Matt Warshaw |
Publisher | Chronicle Books |
Pages | 498 |
Release | 2010-09 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0811856003 |
Matt Warshaw knows more about surfing than any other person on the planet. After five years of research and writing, Warshaw has crafted an unprecedented history of the sport and the culture it has spawned. At nearly 500 pages, with 250,000 words and more than 250 rare photographs, The History of Surfing reveals and defines this sport with a voice that is authoritative, funny, and wholly original. The obsessive nature of this endeavor is matched only by the obsessive nature of surfers, who will pore through these pages with passion and opinion. A true category killer, here is the definitive history of surfing.
A Brief History of Surfing
Title | A Brief History of Surfing PDF eBook |
Author | Matt Warshaw |
Publisher | Chronicle Books |
Pages | 277 |
Release | 2017-03-14 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 1452152802 |
Matt Warshaw knows more about surfing than any other person on the planet, as evidenced by The History of Surfing, Warshaw's definitive take on the sport. Now, he has honed that book into an abridged and excerpted edition for surfers everywhere. Each spread features a micro essay alongside an image capturing a slice of surf history, from Kelly Slater and the invention of the thruster to shark attacks and localism. Packaged in a small and chunky hardcover, A Brief History of Surfing deftly defines surf culture in an entertaining and irresistible volume with wide appeal.
Maverick's
Title | Maverick's PDF eBook |
Author | Matt Warshaw |
Publisher | Chronicle Books |
Pages | 272 |
Release | 2003-10-09 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 9780811841597 |
With its massive faces, punishing rocks, and treacherous currents, Maverick's presents a surfing challenge like no other. Author Matt Warshaw has updated his critically acclaimed illustrated history of Maverick's to cover important recent developments, and we've added a fresh new cover to kick this edition off in style. "A fascinating account," to quote Surfer magazine, it takes "a cue from Sebastian Junger's The Perfect Storm...Warshaw focused on a single event...and expands on it to illuminate an entire culture and its world beyond waves." The event was the death of celebrated surfer Mark Foo, one of those who congregate every winter to test themselves in the dark, foreboding waters. And what unfolds in Maverick's is no less than the story of big-wave surfing, from its ancient Hawaiian origins to modern tow-in riders. It's a book to be enjoyed not only by those who surf deep in the waves, but also by those whose taste for adventure is satisfied deep in the pages of a very good book.
Zero Break
Title | Zero Break PDF eBook |
Author | Matt Warshaw |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Pages | 390 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 9780156029537 |
An anthology of literary pieces and essays on surfing is complemented by classic and modern photographs and artwork and includes Mark Twain's nineteenth-century description in "Roughing It" and Susan Orlean's essay on girl surfers in Maui.