A History of Surfing
( the definitive book on
Surfing )
Buy "A Complete History of Surfing"
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from Allen & Unwin Book Publishers
224 pages of full colour , including 60,000 words
with over 300 full colour photographs from the birth of
surfing at the turn of the 20th century up till the
phenomenon of tow in surfing. First published in 1983 with
the last update in 1994, the History of Surfing is the
biggest selling surf book in the world with sales in excess
of 150,000 in both hard and soft cover.
Surfing is one of the most exciting and stunningly
beautiful sports in the world. The modern surfer on a small
plastic board is the product of a fascinating history of
development. Nat Young, one of the worlds great surfers,
has produced an illustrated history of the sport that is
the most definitive and authoritative ever published.
This book is a result of a life time of involvement
with surfing and a deep interest in its history. Nat has
had discussions with the greats of the sport, from Duke
Kahanmoku and Tom Blake ( to whom the book is dedicated )
through to contemporary stars like Kelly Slater and Lisa
Anderson. He tells for the first time the real story behind
the remarkable development of what we see as modern surfing
in California in the 1940s.
Illustrations in this book are rare reproductions of
early Hawaiian and Australian surfing that have never
before been published, and the work of the worldıs best
surf photographers, gathered together in a volume for the
first time, a feat remarkable even for a surfer of the
authority of Nat Young.
He traces the pash of the development of the sport
from the Hawaiian kings through to the current crop of
professionals. Along the way are portraits of some of the
remarkable figures that the sport has seen - in a field not
short of its eccentric stars.
To all this Nat brings his personal knowledge and stories,
and the inside expertise gathered in his years of deep
involvement with the sport of surfing.
