- Paperback: 334 pages
- Publisher: Hedonist Surf Company Pty Ltd (25 May 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0977556913
- ISBN-13: 978-0977556915
- Product Dimensions: 24.6 x 17 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 444,223 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Product Description
For the first time ever, the "Who's Who" of surfing divulge their secrets, in one book, a future best-seller. For the first time ever, many of the world's top surfers have been assembled to create the most definitive skills and coaching manual for the sport of surfing."Surfing: The Manual" has step-by-step photographic sequences with intuitive training captions, covering every manoeuvre in surfing. The chapters are peppered with expert tips and insight from over fifty of the sport's icons, such as Andy Irons, Laird Hamilton, Mike Parsons and Tom Carroll. The book has several hundred full colour photographs by the top surf photographers, to illustrate each move, or just inspire you.The book flows from ocean knowledge and wave understanding, to equipment choice, survival and etiquette, before getting to the heart of the matter; take-offs, bottom turns, tube riding, tricks, arials and every manoeuvre you could imagine. The final sections deal with such subjects as how to turn professional, and how to win contests or ride extra large waves.What makes it unique is the sheer number of professionals who have taken the time to give away their insightful secrets and tips, for the first time ever.
About the Author
JIM KEMPTON: Jim Kempton's gregariousness and lifetime of observation has allowed him to assemble this volume with a little help from a lot of friends including Kelly Slater, Andy Irons, Mick Fanning, Joel Parkinson, Jeff Divine Brod Gerlach, Mike Parsons, Tom Curren...
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Format:Paperback
The best surfing book I have ever bought. Has a lot of pictures and explains techniques well. I can't put it down!
Format:Paperback
Bought this book a while ago and have found it to be very thorough. I am by no means an expert surfer, but the images in Surfing: The Manual: Advanced are truly inspirational. A couple of the sequences are a little hard to follow, but I'm sure someone of a higher skill level would have no problem in following them. Jim Kempton's text is easy to read and the insight from some of the world's best surfers really helps to add a different dimension to the book. I thoroughly enjoyed it and regularly refer back to it. As a surf skills and technique guide I reckon this book is good value.
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Format:Paperback
This book is not really good. The setup is messy and not consistent. They say that the images show the moves in detail, however it looks more like your local surf mag than a book that should teach you moves. Better buy Taj Burrow's book of hot surfing.
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