Author : Doug Werner
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 26,79 MB
Release : 2010-07
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1458785351
Recommended by the United States Surfing Federation as a book that every beginning surfer should read, this instructional guide details the basics of surfing gear, conditions, safety, etiquette, and history. Written by someone who went through the learning process, topics are covered with just enough detail to get the reader riding the waves qui...
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Publisher : MSAC Philosophy Group
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 10,95 MB
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Author : Paul Glossop
Publisher : Major Street Publishing
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 48,83 MB
Release : 2024-09-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1923186221
&‘ Whether you surf or not, Paul' s story as a property investor turned property professional is a great read. Draw on his story as you shape your own journey through property. If you' re willing to do the hard work &– and embrace the journey &– you' ll find your perfect wave.' &– Phil Tarrant, Managing Director, Momentum MediaInvesting is about more than dollars and cents. It' s about the lifestyle it canbring &– less time at work, earlier retirement, more time with friends and family,and more time at the beach.Property investing continues to be a resilient asset class that can bring substantial capital growth and a passive income &– even after a global pandemic and with increased costs of borrowing.It doesn' t need to be complicated; you just need to know how to go about it.A Surfer' s Guide to Property Investing will teach you about:• mastering the investor mindset• budgeting and strategy• picking a location• understanding investment options, including renovating, house and land,and commercial property• the secret to building long-term wealth.
Author : Steve Pike
Publisher : Juta and Company Ltd
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 16,15 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781770131187
A follow-up to the classic "Surfing in South Africa", this is a new book, completely revised and updated. Written by Spike (Steve Pike), founder of the cult surfing website Wavescape.co.za, it comprises chapters on history, big waves, spots, culture, travel, oceanography, sharks (including a timeline of shark attacks) and a hilarious 'Surfrican' slang glossary. The book is illustrated with 180 graphics, cartoons and photographs. You will find quirky descriptions of surf spots along almost 3,000 km of coast (watch out for the razor-toothed tortoise), a photo essay of surfing personalities by acclaimed photographer Harry de Zitter, as well as colourful journalism from top writers covering subjects connected to the surfing lifestyle. The full-colour book, which is 110 pages bigger than the previous book, is an indispensable resource. Images come from top South African photographers, such as Barry Tuck, Tom Peschak, Michael Dei-Cont, Andy Mason, Lance Slabbert, Brenton Geach, and Pierre Marqua. The contributors of words added spice to an eclectic mix of culture and science. An original piece by Paul Botha forms the backbone to a much-expanded history chapter. Tom Peschak adds gravitas to issues around sharks and conservation. The brave life of John Whitmore is poignantly remembered by Tony Heard. Ross Frylinck gives gritty insights into the forlorn splendour of the Diamond Coast. Tongue in cheek, Gideon Malherbe uncovers our surfing addiction. Henri du Plessis provides a profile of a committed exponent of that addiction. Tony Weaver eloquently tackles the challenge of sharing the sea with sharks. Ben Trovato romps through issues around surfing evolution and lifeguards in skimpy Speedos.
Author : Matt Warshaw
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 16,30 MB
Release : 2010-09
Category : 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.
Author : Duke Boyd
Publisher : MVP Books
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 41,51 MB
Release : 2009-11-07
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1616731087
Surfing, Jack London remarked, is “a royal sport for the natural kings of earth.” The greatest of those natural kings grant readers an audience in this glorious celebration of the world’s best surfers. Part exquisite picture book and travelogue to the top of the world, part biography and reference guidebook, Legends of Surfing profiles one hundred great surfers, men and women, from throughout the world. In life stories, and in exclusive interviews--which only the surfing icon Duke Boyd could have pulled off--stellar surfers such as Wayne Bartholomew, Tom Curren, Andy and Bruce Irons, Duke Kahanamoku, Dave Kalama, Gerry Lopez, Rob Machado, Mark Occhilupo, and Kelly Slater give us a rare firsthand look at what it’s like, in this crowded world, to “seek and find the perfect day, the perfect wave, and be alone with the surf and his thoughts.” (John Severson, Surfer magazine, 1960)
Author : Jon Anderson
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 15,32 MB
Release : 2022-08-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 1317534697
The act of surfing involves highly-skilled humans gliding, sliding, or otherwise riding waves of energy as they pass through water. As this book argues, however, this act of surfing does not exist in isolation. It is defined by the cultures and geographies that synergize with it – by the places, ideas, images, and other representations which at once reflect, create, and commodify this spatial practice. This book innovatively explores the spaces of surf and surf-riding, informed specifically by the perspective of human geography. Based on a range of critical turns within the social sciences, the book explores the locations, relational sensibilities, and transformative nature of surfing spaces, and examines how the spatial practice has been scripted by dominant surfing cultures. The book details how prescriptive (b)orders of access, entitlement, and marginalization have been created, and how, with the advent of new craft, media, and ideals, they are being actively challenged to redefine surfing spaces in the twenty-first century.
Author : John Engle
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 41,83 MB
Release : 2015-10-19
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0786495219
Surfing has fascinated filmmakers since Thomas Edison shot footage of Waikiki beachboys in 1906. Before the 1950s surf craze, surfing showed up in travelogues or as exotic background for studio features. The arrival of Gidget (1959) on the big screen swept the sport into popular culture, but surfer-filmmakers were already featuring the day's best surfers in self-narrated two-reelers. Hollywood and independent filmmakers have produced about three dozen surf films in the last half-century, including the frothy Beach Party movies, Point Break (1991) and Chasing Mavericks (2012). From Bud Browne's earliest efforts to The Endless Summer (1966), Riding Giants (2004) and today's brilliant videos, over 1,000 surfing movies have celebrated the stoke. This first full-length study of surf movies gives critical attention to hundreds of the most important films.
Author : Timothy J. Cooley
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 30,28 MB
Release : 2014-01-02
Category : History
ISBN : 0520276647
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Author : Aaron James
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 30,51 MB
Release : 2018-05-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1101970154
Jean-Paul Sartre once declared waterskiing to be “the ideal limit of aquatic sports.” Aaron James, who is both an avid surfer and a professor of philosophy, vigorously disagrees. In these pages, he presents his surfer’s worldview as a foil to Sartre’s, along the way elucidating such philosophical categories as freedom, being, phenomenology, morality, epistemology, and even the emerging values of what he terms “leisure capitalism.” In developing his unique surfer’s philosophy, he draws from surf culture and lingo—and engages with philosophers from Aristotle to Wittgenstein. In the process, he speaks to those of us in search of personal and social meaning—particularly in our current anxious moment—by way of real, authentic philosophy. In or out of the water.
