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Title: The Big Drop: Classic Big Wave Surfing by John Long ISBN: 1-56044-917-9 Publisher: Falcon Pub. Date: 01 July, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.71 (7 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Get inside the Big Wave Surfing Culture
Comment: Not just a surfing book but focusing on the Big Wave surfing crew, that elite group of athletes that live to challenge the ocean's fury. This is a collection of short stories but it does a great job of covering the total history of Big Wave surfing, particularly paying attention to the heroes of the 50s and 60s the water skills necessary to challenge large waves. With complete coverage and analysis of all big wave sites and legends, I can't imagine what it left unturned.
This exciting sport has elevated itself recently with "ski in" surfing and these stories do a great job of covering the controversy of this sport's growth and it's trailblazer, Laird Hamilton.
I strongly recommend this book if you like surfing or are enthralled by the culture of these people who devote their lives to the ocean.
Rating: 5
Summary: Firsthand accounts...
Comment: ...of Big Wave surfing - many of the stories are haunting and memorable. It was hard putting the book down once I started reading. I actually found it more interesting and insightful than watching film of surfers going over the edge - you actually get into their excitement, awe, and fear of what they've gotten themselves into - not only when they've caught the waves, but gut-wrenching accounts of what they were thinking and feeling when driven under (or saw their friends driven under) by these monsters.
This is as close as you're going to get, short of paddling out yourself! BTW, I just finished reading "Caught Inside" before "The Big Drop" and reading these stories made reading CI seem like a waste of time.
You won't regret reading this one - highly recommended!!!
Rating: 5
Summary: This book Rips
Comment: I am a grom, at the age of 17 right now, and I rarely read a book cover to cover.I've always been interested in big wave surfing, but never the old timer stuff. This book has revealed the truth about riding big waves in and interesting perspective to the new generation such as myself, and I will never forget some of the stories in here. I reccomend that if you're a surfer, and are even remotely interested in attempting to tackle large surf, that you pick up this book. It will give you second thoughts about venturing out at places like Mavericks, Waimaii Bay, and Todos Santos.
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Title: North Shore Chronicles: Big Wave Surfing in Hawaii by Bruce Jenkins ISBN: 1883319900 Publisher: Frog Ltd Pub. Date: June, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Maverick's: The Story of Big-Wave Surfing by Matt Warshaw, Daniel Duane ISBN: 081182652X Publisher: Chronicle Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Wavescape: Portraits of the Planet's Best Surf Spots by Chris Towery, Matt Pruett ISBN: 0764155385 Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Pub. Date: 10 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Caught Inside : A Surfer's Year on the California Coast by Daniel Duane ISBN: 0865475091 Publisher: North Point Press Pub. Date: 10 April, 1997 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Da Bull: Life over the Edge by Greg Noll, Andrea Gabbard ISBN: 1556431430 Publisher: North Atlantic Books Pub. Date: September, 1992 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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