How to be a Surfer - Softcover

Nelson, Chris; Taylor, Demi

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141316241 ISBN 13: 9780141316246

Publisher: Puffin, 2003

Synopsis

A fully comprehensive guide to all aspects of surfing - not just as a sport but as a way of life. Funky and fun in the vein of HOW TO BE A DJ and SCOOTERMANIA. With interviews, anecdotes and advice from some of the world's top surfers, this book will cover the essential basics - technique, gear, location, competitions, environmental awareness and clubs, as well as focusing in on the everyday aspect of surfing - the urban gear, surf speak, the tunes to be chilling out to and the web sites to be logging on to.

About this title

About the Author:

Chris Nelson founded the cult magazine - Asylum - the UK's first crossover surf, skate, snowboard and lifestyle publication (metamorphising into the hugely successful Freeride and F.ride.com). Both he and Demi Taylor have extensive involvement in the surfing media and have just completed a nine-month project documenting the continent's top surf locations and interviewing riders from across the globe.

The couple have ridden waves from the frigid north of Scotland to the balmy Moroccan desert.

Synopsis:

This is a fully comprehensive guide to all aspects of surfing - not just as a sport but as a way of life. With interviews, anecdotes and advice from some of the world's top surfers, this book covers all the essential basics - technique, gear, location, competitions, environmental awareness and clubs, as well as focusing in on the everyday aspect of surfing - the urban gear, surf speak, the tunes to be chilling out to and the web sites to be logging on to.

About this edition

• Publisher: Puffin
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0141316241
• ISBN 13: 9780141316246
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160