The Book of Surfing: A Killer Guide

　　Everything you need to know about waves Classic surf trips, from California to Cornwall Iconic surf movies and legendary image-makers Profiles of surfing greats, including Miki Dora, Nat Young, and kelly Slater Practical advice-from becoming a greener surfer to travel essentials and how surfing conquered the world!

　　It was the sport of Polynesian princes whose names have been lost to history. It is a lifestyle, an art, a sacred rite, a belief system-a unique way of being that deeply tunes the wave-rider into the planet's natural rhythms. It is a billion-dollar industry with millionaire superstars. It is ocean and adrenaline and magic.

　　The Book of Surfing is a one-stop killer guide to the complete surfing universe for the long-time enthusiast and movie alike.

作者簡介

　　Michael Fordham is a freelance writer and associate editor at a variety of surf journals. He has been features editor at Dazed & Confused and launched his own award-winning magazine, Adrenalin. Michael began surfing as a teenager at Sydney's northern beaches. In pursuit of his surfing obsessions be has braved mortar shells in El Salvador and has paddled through the barbed-wire beaches of Gaza. Michael has an encyclopedic knowledge of the culture of wave riding and is one of surfing's most passionate and articulate voices.