Sports & Recreation - Water Sports - Surfing

It's time to hit the waves, and Michael can't wait! He's wanted to try surfing for years. Michael is blind, so his instructor uses new ways to teach him. Michael listens intently to instructions and builds confidence with every wave. Based on the real-life...

The saying goes, "The second best thing about surfing is talking about it afterward." Gerry Lopez, one of the most revered surfers of all time brings readers into the intimately personal sport with Surf Is Where You Find It, a collection of stories that...

The women of Surf Life are strong, independent, and resilient--incredible surfers who live, work, and create on the coast. They are connected to their community and well-respected in their fields. Surf Life interviews twenty-eight women, spanning from Tasmania to Noosa. It features famous surfers,...

"Cabin porn goes coastal in Nina Freudenberger's Surf Shack" [Vanity Fair], and here are bungalows, trailers, cabins, and beach homes where surfers retreat after a day on the waves. Peek inside the homes of longtime enthusiasts and dedicated newcomers that reflect not just a...

With Surf Tribe, photographer Stephan Vanfleteren shows that there is far more to surf culture than just sport and competition. Surfing is also about a deep admiration and respect for the ocean, as well as the feeling of insignificance when confronted with the forces...

Over its six decades in print (1960-2020) the legendary Surfer magazine was considered to be the bible of surfing and surf culture. This carefully curated anthology, showcasing the best covers and interior pages serves as a quintessential reference guide to the history of surfing,...

Surfer Stories is an unrivaled collection of unique, revealing, and intimate stories about twelve of the world's greatest surfers. From the monstrous walls of water at Teahupoo, to the reef-scraping barrels of Pipeline, to the endless peeling break of Jeffreys Bay, legendary surfers have...

"An all-time surfing classic with lessons uncovered from a lifetime on the waves." --KELLY SLATER, eleven-time World Surfing Champion Now featuring a new introduction, Surfer's Code shares the life lessons that world champion surfer Shaun Tomson gathered from decades of surfing--from his boyhood in...

This tome is the most comprehensive visual history of surfing to date, marking a major cultural event as much as a publication. Following three and a half years of meticulous research, it brings together hundreds of images to chart the evolution of surfing as...

This volume is a comprehensive visual history of surfing, marking a major cultural event as much as a publication. Following three and a half years of meticulous research, it brings together hundreds of images to chart the evolution of surfing as a sport, a...

A graceful, gritty, and courageous female surfer faces the mighty force of nature's waves -- inspired by the world-famous, record-breaking swells that occur in Nazaré, Portugal. It's a testament to the human spirit and a young girl's ability to get back up after being...

"The Stylish Life Surfing" is a high-quality photo book capturing the unique spirit of surfing culture from past decades. Featuring authentic images from the 1950s to the present day, faded colors, film grain, and classic surf prints, this book is a visual tribute to...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - In this "wonderfully vivid, kinetic narrative" (The New York Times), the bestselling author of Voices in the Ocean captures colossal, ship-swallowing waves, and the surfers and scientists who seek them out. For legendary surfer Laird Hamilton, hundred foot waves...

Waterman is the first comprehensive biography of Duke Kahanamoku (1890-1968): swimmer, surfer, Olympic gold medalist, Hawaiian icon, waterman. Long before Michael Phelps and Mark Spitz made their splashes in the pool, Kahanamoku emerged from the backwaters of Waikiki to become America's first superstar Olympic...

A finalist for the PEN Center USA Award for NonfictionWelcome to Paradise, Now Go to Hell, is surfer and former war reporter Chas Smith's wild and unflinching look at the high-stakes world of surfing on Oahu's North Shore--a riveting, often humorous, account of beauty,...