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Surfing provides inspiration, a time for reflection, personal challenge and sheer exhilaration. This is especially true in NZ, where we have an affinity with the sea, and a disproportionately high number of artists, writers and musicians surf. Aaron Topp explores the role surfing plays in the creative lives of a selection of leading NZ artists.

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Why are growing numbers of young people taking up surfing, spending hours floating silently on their boards, studying wave patterns, and are ready to risk serious injury for a few moments of harmony with the ocean's force This work interweaves history and mythology to introduce the art of surfing.

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What do novelist Tim Winton, classical violinist Richard Tognetti, and celebrity chef Steve Snow have in common. In a word, surfing. Profiles the surfing world's most intriguing characters.

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Gives an insider's view of a line-up of surfing's most interesting characters. At turns funny and sad but always inspiring, this work lifts the lid on one of the world's most dynamic, enigmatic and mysterious sports. The characters include Mick Fanning, Joel Parkinson, Dean Morrison, Keiren Perrow; CJ Hobgood, and David Rastovich in Peru.

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This guide showcases the world of extreme surfing, describing the unique culture associated with this daredevil's sport, providing insights into what makes the top riders tick, explaining the science of big waves, and more.

"The Pipeline" in O'ahu, Hawaii.

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Jack Finlay's timeless collection of stories celebrates a life and love of surfing. However Jack's stories encompass than just surfing, they include sailing and boating stories.

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The story of surfing in Scotland is defined by people who dared to dream in spite of the cold. From surfing columnist Roger Cox,The View From the Shoulderdraws together 20 years of surf journalism from the pages ofThe Scotsmannewspaper, together with fresh context, to create a portrait of a wave-riding community like no other.

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The author, one of the first to conquer the huge waves off northern California known as Mavericks, recognized that the kid "had a vision." This title tells the story of their father-son bond and of the challenges that made each of them who they were-surf legends, and the subject of the upcoming film Chasing Mavericks.

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Sailing Ten Years and 20,000 Miles In Search of Surf and Self

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Packed with full-colour surfing photographs, this work tells the story of surfing from its origins as a sunny beach activity, through its first boom time in the sixties, to its era as a renegade sport and finally on to its acceptance as a mainstream sport, global industry, and a lifestyle.

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The first illustrated history of surfing in Australia, a chronicle of both the sport and the culture surrounding it. Organised by decade, the book covers the heroes and anti-heroes, the personalities, the moves in the water, the fashions and everchanging technology of the boards, the surf spots around Australia and the culture.

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Through fifty years of epic stories, art, and personal ephemera, Fletcher: A Lifetime of Surf spans surfing's golden era to the present day, when bathing-suit model Dibi and competitive surfer Herbie met, to raising talented Christian and Nathan on boards and waves, to passing the torch to their skating-phenom grandson, Greyson.

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Takes a trip around the world, looking at surfing, through the eyes of contemporary surfing photographers. Original surfspots like those in Africa and South America are featured, with those of established bases of the Western USA, Australia and, of course, Hawaii.

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A six-time world surfing champion and actor describes his life and career, recounting how he turned to surfing to escape his difficult home life, appeared on Baywatch for a year, briefly dated Pamela Anderson, and worked to achieve his athletic goals. Reprint.

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Welcome the most comprehensive visual history on all things surfing. With more than 900 images and essays by today's leading surf journalists, this platinum publication spans photography, fashion, film, art, and music to chart the evolution of surfing culture from its first mention in 1778 to today's global and multi-platform phenomenon.

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A collection of profiles, places and images celebrating New Zealand's rich surfing culture. Warren Hawke packs in a huge amount into the 192 page edition with over 500 photographs and 60,000 words.

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