Former World Champion Nat Young brings surf fans a stunning color history that is easily the most authoritative book ever written on the sport. Young traces the surfing's development, from its origins among Hawaiian kings riding heavy wooden boards to current professionals shooting the pipe on space-age polymers. Spectacular color photographs leap from every page, complementing equally colorful biographies of some of the surfing's most remarkable -- and eccentric -- pioneers. A special feature includes never-before ...
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Former World Champion Nat Young brings surf fans a stunning color history that is easily the most authoritative book ever written on the sport. Young traces the surfing's development, from its origins among Hawaiian kings riding heavy wooden boards to current professionals shooting the pipe on space-age polymers. Spectacular color photographs leap from every page, complementing equally colorful biographies of some of the surfing's most remarkable -- and eccentric -- pioneers. A special feature includes never-before-published photographs from competitive surfing's early days in Hawaii and Australia.
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Add this copy of History of Surfing to cart. $3.38, fair condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Dallas rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by Palm Beach Press.
Add this copy of History of Surfing to cart. $13.34, very good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Dallas rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by Palm Beach Press (AU).
Add this copy of The History of Surfing to cart. $15.00, very good condition, Sold by Mad Myrtle's Book Haven rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Walnut Creek, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1983 by Palm Beach Press.
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Good+ 0959181644. 223 pages, profuse color & b/w illus., paperbound, some general wear to covers, signed by Nat Young on the first page.; 4to-over 9¾-12" tall; Signed by Author(s)
Add this copy of History of Surfing to cart. $45.00, like new condition, Sold by Sequitur Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Boonsboro, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by Palm Beach Press (AU).
The first half of the book is an interesting tale of how surfing spread from Hawaii to California to Australia. The second half is a lot less interesting because it gets into detail of how boards changed sizes, who won what competition. I started skimming.
Great color photos throughout.