Surfing has a huge fanbase and cult appeal. Noll Surfboards are an industry classic and Greg Noll has built a whole chapter of surf culture around his company and lifestyle, with reviews in Surf magazines and on websites. One of the greatest surfers of all time, Greg Noll has built a considerable reputation as master of surfboard making, or ...
Surfing is a booming sport worldwide, with 15 million spent on it in the UK alone last year! This book follows the evolution of the piece of equipment no surfer can be without - the Board! From the days of it's discovery in Hawaii as a hardwood plank and olo board to todays Plastic Fantastic technological marvels, each stage of the board's ...
Surfing, skateboarding and snowboarding have produced some of the most influential graphics since 1970. "Bored" is a comprehensive survey of board sports graphics, from rare, classic archive material to the latest trends. Artists and art directors, such as Jim Phillips, Erik Brunetti, Todd Francis, Marc McKee and Scott Clum, explain the complex ...
This revised edition of the first and most complete book on board sports graphics -- from rarer, classic archival material to the latest trends -- includes exciting examples of recent board graphics. Surfing, skateboarding and snowboarding have produced a stunning array of imagery and some of the most influential graphics to emerge in the last 30 ...
A surfboard is a surfer's best friend, writes author and surf legend Rod Sumpter. "It's the apple of one's eye and a window to the surfer's future skill and achievements -- a ticket to the best show on earth!" Now Rod's passion for surfboard shaping has led him to team with board-building friends the world over to present this wonderful selection ...
This is the first book to combine a detailed history of surfing, a grading guide for surfboards, and collectible surfing items with an accurate price guide. It gives a complete overview of sport surfing from its ancient beginnings in Polynesia and Hawaii until 1969, the end of the longboard era. The great icons of the sport all put in appearances ...
If you have one surfing book in your store or library, it should be "Essential Surfing." Orbelian puts 20 years of experience in the sport together with the writing skills that have made him one of Surfing Magazine's most popular columnists.
Chronicles the story of surfboard wax -- from surfers' early use of household candle wax through the advent of a whole industry devoted to achieving the best traction. Meet the colorful individuals behind wax companies Surf Research, Mr. Zog's, and Mrs. Palmers and read about their early manufacturing and marketing ventures. This unique book is ...
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Boyd & Fraser Publishing Co
Date Published: 1969
Description: Very Good. 3rd printing-probably in 1973 Minor foxing on endpapers but still bright and clean and unmarked within. Very light wear at spine ends and corners. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Pictorial Card
Publisher: Petersen Publishing Company
Date Published: 1965
Description: Very Good. 4to. 225pp, glossary, 1000+ bw photographs. Original pictorial card. Slight rubbing to covers, crease to top right front corner of cover, 3 page corners creased. A very nice copy of this scarce vintage surf title with over 1000 photos and numerous informative articles. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Paradise of the Pacific Press
Date Published: 1935,
Description: First edition of the first book dedicated to surfing. 8vo, pp. [16], iv, 5-95; 32 photographic plates plus other illus. in text; Hawaiian ownership inscriptions on front pastedown, several leaves at the back with a mild dampstain in the lower margin, else a near fine copy in original patterned tapa cloth; much of the edition was bound in cloth. The author was an early 20th century surfing and health food pioneer who conceived and developed the hollow surf board. Includes discussion of ancient ... read more
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