Pipeline Surf Point

• ISBN13: 9780824828912
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• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.

Product Description
Have you ever wondered where waves come from? What makes every one different, why some peel nicely and others just close out? Why, some days, waves come in sets of six and others in sets of three, and what factors affect the behavior of a surfing break? If you have, this book is for you. Now in its second edition, Surf Science is the first book to talk in depth about the science of waves from a surfer’s point of view. It fills the gap between surfing books and waves textbooks and will help you learn how to predict surf. You don’t need a scientific background to read it–just curiosity and a fascination for waves.

Surf Science: An Introduction To Waves For Surfing

Surfing: Christie stays in charge
Richard Christie continued to set the standard at the national surfing championships in Gisborne today. Christie, of Gisborne, was in top form as he advanced to the open men’s semifinals with a dominant win in his quarterfinal heat.

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I need to write a paper for my psych class, and I’d like to relate it to surfing somehow. I can be about virtually anything. Culture of surfing? But there’s so much diversity. I don’t know. I just wanted to see if anyone else could come up with something.

I need to write a paper for my psych class, and I’d like to relate it to surfing somehow. I can be about virtually anything. Culture of surfing? But there’s so much diversity. I don’t know. I just wanted to see if anyone else passionate about surfing could come up with something.

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From its early Hawaiian roots to its current status as a recreational lifestyle enjoyed worldwide, bigwave surfing is given the definitive exploration by acclaimed director Stacy Peralta (Dogtown and Z-Boys).Amazon.com
Riding Giants is more than another blissfulsurfing movie. It’s an outstanding documentary about one era in American alternative lifestyles, when surfing was well-suited to a radical culture of social dropouts. Using an amazing array of amateur film clips, shot for the most part in Hawaii and California from the late 1950s and early ’60s, director Stacy Peralta traces the rise of surfing’s appeal to young men looking to test themselves in an unorthodox (and sexy) milieu–of “living life to the fullest,” as former surfer-turned-screenwriter John Milius (Big Wednesday) puts it at one point. Lengthy chapters on the glories of Oahu’s Makaha and the “superstition and dread” that accompanied the big-wave challenge of Waimea Bay are riveting and sometimes heroic, particularly told through the memories of surf legend Greg Noll. Great material, too, about the deadly wonders of surfing Mavericks, California, where the rocks will get one if the violent tides don’t. –Tom Keogh

Stills from Riding Giants (Click for larger image)

Riding Giants