Surf-O-Rama: Treasures of Australian Surfing
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Surf-O-Rama: Treasures of Australian Surfing
By (Author) Murray Walding
Melbourne University Press
The Miegunyah Press
30th August 2008
Australia
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
History: specific events and topics
797.320994
Physical Properties
Hardback
277
Width 243mm, Height 271mm, Spine 22mm
1210g
Description
Within these pages you will find brilliant reproductions of the last surviving examples of boards inspired by Kahanamokus visit and the boards that followed: from superb hollow surf skis, Surf-o-Planes, Ockanuis, balsa surfboards, and beautiful big wave boards, known as big-guns, to the best vintage boards from the 1960s and 1970s and beyond; stunning examples of posters from surf movies and beach-inspired souvenirs and kitsch, surf music and books.
Beautifully illustrated with more than 400 images, this book is for everyone who has loved to surf, every surf aficionado or collector, or for any of us who dust off our surfboards and body boards and head out for a summers day at the beach.
Author Bio
Murray Walding is a writer who specialises in pop, surf and beach culture. A brief career showing surf movies in Melbourne fuelled his passion for surf movie posters and ephemera. His feature stories have appeared in the Sunday Herald Sun and The Age and he is a contributor to Pacific Longboarder.
