Download or read book Fit to Surf written by Rocky Snyder and published by International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press. This book was released on 2003-06-23 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fit to Surf, a cutting-edge surfing-specific fitness guide, supplies surfers of all levels of experience with everything they need to create a personal fitness program that builds strength and endurance, increases balance and coordination, and minimizes the risk of injury. Personal trainer Rocky Snyder--himself an avid surfer with two decades of experience riding the waves--provides easy to-follow, step-by-step instructions supplemented with 60photographs of conditioning exercises that can be performed at home, in the gym, or on the water.
Download or read book The Complete Guide to Surf Fitness written by Lee Stanbury and published by Orca Publications. This book was released on 2011-05-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Complete Guide To Surf Fitness brings together all the latest knowledge and techniques to offer a complete training program for beginners to pro's. Illustrated with more than 150 annotated photos and inspiring surf images, the guide covers everything from stretching and flexibility exercises to core strength, resistance training and plyometrics. Also covered is the use of exercise equipment such as Swiss balls, Indo boards and Bosu balls as well as a swimming program and tips for young surfers. There’s no need to join a gym as all the exercises can be done at home.
Download or read book Surf Survival written by Andrew Nathanson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-07-02 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three expert physicians/surfers trained in emergency medicine, sports medicine, and family medicine explain everything you need to know to stay safe in the water. Whether you’re a novice or an expert, an SUPer or a bodyboarder, Surf Survival is the only book that every surfer must have in his or her backpack, car, and beach house. This practical handbook explains everything from how to reduce a shoulder dislocation to understanding waves and currents, from how to treat jellyfish stings to how to apply a tourniquet. Whether you are surfing a crowded beach in California or a remote island in Indonesia, be prepared to handle surfing-related emergencies from hypothermia and drowning to wound care and infections. Topics include: • Fitness for surfers • Prevention and rehabilitation of common overuse injuries • Wilderness first aid • Surviving the sun • Surf-travel medicine • Surviving big surf • SUP • Surfer's ear • And much, much more! Written by three expert physician surfers, packed with color photos and illustrations, this is the authoritative medical guide for surfers and watermen.
Download or read book Advanced Surf Fitness for High Performance Surfing written by Lee Stanbury and published by Orca Publications. This book was released on 2014-12-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aimed at surfers of all ages and abilities, Advanced Surf Fitness for High Performance Surfing offers a complete training package designed to take your surfing to the next level. The book includes a series of training programs that target the different muscle groups used in surfing, from paddling to all the different maneuvers. The book also includes sections about swimming and cardio regimes, as well as psychology and nutrition. Advanced Surf Fitness for High Performance Surfing is the follow-up to the best-selling Complete Guide to Surf Fitness.
Download or read book The Surfboard Book written by Sean McCagh and published by McCagh O'Neill Pty td. This book was released on 2013 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How Design Drives Performance Have you ever wondered how changing design will effect the performance of a surfboard, wanted to really understand what your shaper, surf shop or mates are talking about when they discuss bottom curve or rocker, or more importantly why a particular surfboard goes really well or struggles to perform in some situations? The Surfboard Book includes advice stories and design details from some of the most experienced and credible subject experts in the history of the surfboard in Simon Anderson, Dick Brewer, Steve Lis and Bob McTavish: each are known not only as surfboard shapers and designers but as innovators with a combined design experience approaching 200 years. The Surfboard Book explains: elements of surfboard shape and their effects on performance construction types: from traditional to modern sandwich construction important material properties including environmental issues basic types or classes of surfboard and how they perform how to go about choosing or specifying your next surfboard
Download or read book Body and Soul written by Bethany Hamilton and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2014-05-06 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bethany Hamilton has become a fitness expert by virtue of being a professional athlete who has excelled—and she's done it while overcoming incredible challenges. Whether you know Bethany or not, whether you surf or not, everyone has challenges, and in Surfer Style, Bethany shares some of her core experiences with body, mind and spirit. Sharing her expertise as an athlete, New You helps young girls develop a healthy lifestyle, understand their changing bodies, gain confidence, and establish a pattern of healthy living starting at a young age. This book includes workouts specially developed for young girls by Bethany’s personal trainer, recipes and information on healthy eating based on “Bethany’s food pyramid,” which follows the Mediterranean diet, and advice on deepening your spiritual health, for a total body wellness book perfect for growing girls. This isn't a book about Bethany, this is a book about wellness, becoming your best “you,” through physical and spiritual balance, because spiritual health is just as important as physical health.
Download or read book Surfing written by Alf Alderson and published by Wiley. This book was released on 2008-05-27 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn where to surf, when to surf, and how to surf safely. Discover the foundations such as choosing the correct equipment, essential to make any progress as a beginner; pre-surf preparation, including tips and advice on getting fit; and your first surfer steps on the beach and in the ocean. All of this leads you to catching your first wave and inevitably catching the surfing bug. Full color photo sequences of professional surfers, plus easy to follow instructions, show you exactly what to do - and inspire you to get it right.
Download or read book Force of Nature written by Laird Hamilton and published by Rodale. This book was released on 2008-10-28 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A celebrity surfer shares his strategies for achieving optimal health and spiritual balance, counseling readers on a wide variety of topics, from nutrition and injury prevention to overcoming negativity and embracing one's passions. 100,000 first printing.
Download or read book Surf Shacks written by Matt Titone and published by Die Gestalten Verlag-DGV. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many abodes can fall under the label of surf shack: New York City apartments, cabins nestled next to national parks, or tiny Hawaiian huts. Surfing communities are overflowing with creativity, innovation, and rich personas. Surf Shacks takes a deeper look at surfers' homes and artistic habits. Glimpses of record collections, strolls through backyard gardens, or a peek into a painter's studio provide insight into surfers' lives both on and off shore. From the remote Hawaiian nook of filmmaker Jess Bianchi to the woodsy Japanese paradise that the former CEO of Surfrider Foundation in Japan, Hiromi Masubara, calls home to the converted bus that Ryan Lovelace claims as his domicile and his transport, every space has a unique tale. The moments that these vibrant personalities spend away from the swell and the froth are both captivating and nuanced.
Download or read book Swell written by LIZ. CLARK and published by Patagonia. This book was released on 2024-05-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Surfing written by Elliott Almond and published by The Mountaineers Books. This book was released on 2009-04-20 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CLICK HERE to download a sample chapter from Surfing * Covers gear, fitness, safety, lingo, and rules of the water * Includes basic to intermediate techniques, surf culture, and competitive surfing * Author is an award-winning journalist and life-long surfer Surfing's not just for rebels anymore: anyone with the desire to ride a wave is grabbing a board and heading to the beach. Each year, this artform-cum-sport gains popularity as business executives, grandmas, teenagers, coastal dwellers, and adventure travelers get stoked to catch swells. This new guidebook by sports writer and waterman Elliott Almond is a primer for the uninitiated as well as a handbook for the experienced ready to build on their fundamental skills. Covering topics ranging from basic surfing techniques to surfing fitness prep (including exercises to get your arms ready for all that paddling and stretches to keep you limber) and from history, surf culture, and a complete explanation of gear, to how to find the right board for you, this book also features insights from industry leaders, pro surfers, and instructors. With more than three decades of surfing experience to share, Almond offers clear, authoritative guidance to help those venturing into uncharted waters find their way safely and confidently.
Download or read book Health Fitness for Windsurfing written by Henrik Beyer and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-07-04 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Health & Fitness for Windsurfing 3rd Edition provides ready-made periodized strength and conditioning programs for windsurfers. It guides you through two methodical and scientifically based 52-week training programs as well as a 15-week intensive program. Health & Fitness for Windsurfing 3rd Edition is designed to meet the needs of sailors who are new to or experienced in strength training. Additionally this book includes windsurfing articles, exercise descriptions, information about preventing injuries in windsurfing and recommendations regarding stretching, nutrition, warm-up and recovery and an exclusive interview with professional windsurfer Víctor Fernández López.The training programs will effectively improve your muscular strength, power and endurance as well as cardiovascular fitness with the purpose to improve sailing perfomance and decrease the risk of windsurfing injury. Each training program has an easy-to-use layout for recording workout details to effectively track your progress."Your success in training is important for me, and I am proud to have communication with my readers to assist them towards greater windsurfing health and fitness" Henrik Beyer.
Download or read book Surf Science written by Tony Butt and published by University of Western Australia Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever wondered where surfing waves come from, what makes every wave different, why some peel perfectly and others just close out; why, some days, the waves come in sets and other days they don't, and how the tides, the wind and the shape of the sea floor affect the waves for surfing? If you have, this book is for you. Now in its third 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. Surf Science is also a useful introduction to oceanography and the science of waves. You don't need a scientific background to read it - just curiosity and a fascination for waves.
Download or read book She Surf written by Lauren L. Hill and published by Die Gestalten Verlag-DGV. This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join the celebration of the diverse, vibrant, and engaged community of women riding and making waves around the globe. While surfing is usually seen as a male domain, women have long been nurturing their own water stories and claiming their rightful place in the world of this sport. She Surf hails the females, past and present, who are engaged in expanding the art of surfing. Through exclusive interviews and evocative imagery, the book travels from the iconic waves of Hawaii to remote locations in Morocco. Learn about the forgotten stories of Polynesian surfing princesses, pioneering wave riders from the 1960s, and the contemporary movers and shakers shaping the scene. This book is an exciting reflection on what it means to be a female surfer and what it means to be moved to action by the beauty of the sea.
Download or read book The Surf Girl Guide To Surf Fitness written by Lee Stanbury and published by Orca Publications. This book was released on 2015-11-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wish you could catch more waves when you go surfing? Wish you could surf for 90 minutes or more each session? Wish you could improve the power of your manoeuvres and really throw some spray? The Surf Girl Guide To Surf Fitness is a new book aimed at girl surfers of all ages and abilities, from beginner to pro. Illustrated with step-by-step exercises and packed with tips and advice, the book offers a complete training program which will increase your fitness, power and endurance for surfing. Using the latest training techniques, this book covers everything from stretching and flexibility exercises to core strength enhancement and resistance training. Sections on healthy eating, motivation and maintaining fitness are also included, and there's advice about improving balance and flexibility from top yoga and pilates coaches. To keep you energized, there's a selection of quick, healthy and delicious recipes to try out (with quantities given in both US and metric measurements). In the technique section you'll find instructional tips covering fundamentals like popping up, taking off and bottom turning. Cutbacks, top turns and more advanced maneuvers are also fully explained, each with a corresponding specific exercise which will help you turn up the power. The Surf Girl Guide To Surf Fitness will motivate you to improve your surfing, catch more waves, and have more fun. It's like having your own personal surf instructor, lifestyle coach and fitness guru all in one book!
Download or read book Surfing the Border written by Serge Dedina and published by Wildcoast. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Surfing the Border, Serge Dedina takes us on a journey into the world of surf culture and travels around the globe to highlight how surfing connects us to the increasingly scarce natural and cultural niches that remain. Whether he is exploring the wilds of Mexico and Australia or getting a surfing makeover from his teenage sons, Serge Dedina shows us with humor and passion, how riding waves is a gateway to the world beyond the beach.
Download or read book Surf Shacks Volume 2 written by gestalten and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-25 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surfing is a way of life, one that defines not only where we live, but how we live. Surf Shacks Volume 2 picks up where the first volume left off, exploring homes of surfers, which range from improvised cabins by the beach to penthouse apartments in big coastal cities. In this followup, we meet a fascinating cast of characters from the shores of southern California through to the wild waters of Sri Lanka, Japan and Australia.
