Download or read book Grajagan Limited Edition written by Mike Ritter and published by . This book was released on 2022-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Limited Edition (300) Bonded leather cover edition of 'Grajagan. Surfing in the Tiger's Lair' by Mike Ritter and Jack McCoy.
Download or read book Barbarian Days written by William Finnegan and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-04-26 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: **Winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Autobiography** Included in President Obama’s 2016 Summer Reading List “Without a doubt, the finest surf book I’ve ever read . . . ” —The New York Times Magazine Barbarian Days is William Finnegan’s memoir of an obsession, a complex enchantment. Surfing only looks like a sport. To initiates, it is something else: a beautiful addiction, a demanding course of study, a morally dangerous pastime, a way of life. Raised in California and Hawaii, Finnegan started surfing as a child. He has chased waves all over the world, wandering for years through the South Pacific, Australia, Asia, Africa. A bookish boy, and then an excessively adventurous young man, he went on to become a distinguished writer and war reporter. Barbarian Days takes us deep into unfamiliar worlds, some of them right under our noses—off the coasts of New York and San Francisco. It immerses the reader in the edgy camaraderie of close male friendships forged in challenging waves. Finnegan shares stories of life in a whites-only gang in a tough school in Honolulu. He shows us a world turned upside down for kids and adults alike by the social upheavals of the 1960s. He details the intricacies of famous waves and his own apprenticeships to them. Youthful folly—he drops LSD while riding huge Honolua Bay, on Maui—is served up with rueful humor. As Finnegan’s travels take him ever farther afield, he discovers the picturesque simplicity of a Samoan fishing village, dissects the sexual politics of Tongan interactions with Americans and Japanese, and navigates the Indonesian black market while nearly succumbing to malaria. Throughout, he surfs, carrying readers with him on rides of harrowing, unprecedented lucidity. Barbarian Days is an old-school adventure story, an intellectual autobiography, a social history, a literary road movie, and an extraordinary exploration of the gradual mastering of an exacting, little-understood art.
Download or read book Waterproof written by John Ogden and published by . This book was released on 2021-09 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An anthology of Australian surf photography
Download or read book Ice Cream Headaches written by Ed Thompson and published by Damiani Limited. This book was released on 2018-03-27 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Little known to many who live there and to the throngs of tourists who pass through each year, New York and New Jersey are home to a diverse and vibrant cold water surfing community. Ice Cream Headaches captures a snapshot of this often overlooked facet of America's most dense metropolis. Over a span of four years, writer Ed Thompson and photographer Julien Roubinet have logged more than 5,000 miles from Eastern Long Island to Cape May in South Jersey to interview and photograph forty surfers, surf board shapers, artists and documentarians of the culture personally. From local legend and Montauk fisherman Charlie Weimar to Pulitzer-prize-winning author William Finnegan and professional surfers with global followings such as Quincy Davis, Mikey De Temple and Balaram Stack, this new monograph highlights surfers who experiment with new forms, materials, ideas or surfing styles. Across 192 pages, the book features four essays rich with quotes and anecdotes, over 150 photographs, and a foreword by iconic portrait and surf photographer Michael Halsband. Ice Cream Headaches takes the reader inside the surf breaks and stomping grounds of the surfers who call New York and New Jersey home, surfers who are willing to pull on a 5mm wetsuit, wade through a foot of snow on the beach, and battle thirty mile per hour winds for a few fleeting moments inside a yawning barrel.
Download or read book Complete Atlas of the World 3rd Edition written by DK and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-05-17 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Complete Atlas of the World, 3rd Edition is now fully revised and updated to reflect the latest changes in world geography, including the annexation of Crimea and the new nation of South Sudan. Bringing each featured landscape to life with detailed terrain models and color schemes and offering maps of unsurpassed quality, this atlas features four sections: a world overview, the main atlas, fact files on all the countries of the world, and an easy-to-reference index of all 100,000 place names. All maps enjoy a full double-page spread, with continents broken down into 330 carefully selected maps, including 100 city plans. You will also find a stimulating series of global thematic maps that explore Earth's place in the universe, its physical forms and processes, the living world, and the human condition. From Antarctica to Zambia, discover the Earth continent-by-continent with Complete Atlas of the World, 3rd Edition.
Download or read book Mangrove Ecosystems of Asia written by I. Faridah-Hanum and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book provides an up-to-date account of mangrove forests from Asia, together with restoration techniques, and the management requirements of these ecosystems to ensure their sustainability and conservation. All aspects of mangroves and their conservation are critically re-examined. The book is divided into three sections presenting the distribution and status of mangrove ecosystems in Asia, the challenges they are facing, their issues and opportunities, and the management strategies for their conservation.
Download or read book What Bird is That written by Neville William Cayley and published by Angus & Robertson. This book was released on 1968 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the wild life, birds and bush lore of Australia.
Download or read book Surf Is Where You Find It written by Gerry Lopez and published by Patagonia. This book was released on 2015-04-17 with total page 571 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by one of the most revered surfers of his generation, Gerry Lopez's Surf Is Where You Find It is a collection of stories about a lifetime of surfing. But more than that, it is a collection of stories about the lessons learned from surfing. It presents 38 stories about those who have been influential in the sport — surfing anytime, anywhere, and in any way. Lopez, an innovator in stand-up-paddle (one of the fastest growing water sports in the world), now shares his stories about pioneering that sport. Conveyed in Gerry's unique voice, augmented with photos from his personal collection, this book is a classic for surf enthusiasts everywhere.
Download or read book Baseline Studies of Biodiversity written by Daniel Pauly and published by WorldFish. This book was released on 1996 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sustainable Surfing written by Gregory Borne and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-03-16 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whilst being an ambiguous and contested concept, sustainability has become one of the twenty-first century’s most pervasive ideas, as humanity’s increasing impact on the environment, as well as increasing social and economic inequalities, have local and global consequences. Surfing is a globally recognised cultural phenomenon whose unique connection with nature and rapid expansion into a multibillion pound industry offers exciting synergies for exploring various dimensions of sustainability. This book is the first to bring together the world’s foremost experts on the themes of sustainability and surfing. Drawing upon cutting edge theory and research, this book offers multidisciplinary perspectives and methodological approaches on the social, environmental and economic components of sustainable surfing. Contributions provide unique discussions that bridge the gap between theory and practice, exploring topics such as sustainable surf tourism, surf-econometrics, surf activism, surfing governance, the surfing industry, and technological advancements. Each chapter produces in-depth insights to provide foundational insights of the relationship between sustainability and surfing. This book will appeal to multiple audiences in different disciplines and sectors. Practitioners will benefit from the insights presented in this volume, while both undergraduate and postgraduate students will find this volume an invaluable companion, including those working in geography, environmental studies, sport sciences, and leisure and tourism studies.
Download or read book Stormrider written by David Gemmell and published by Random House. This book was released on 2003 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Centuries After Connavar'S Triumphant Battles Against The Invading Army Of Stone Gained The Rigante Their Freedom, The Clan Finds Itself Oppressed Once Again. Magic That Once Flourished Has Been All But Snuffed Out. The Varlish King And His Barons Have Stolen Rigante Lands And Robbed The People Of Their Culture And Liberty. From The Rigante'S Former Seat Of Power The Black-Hearted Moidart Rules; Only In The North Are The Clansmen Free. There, In The Druagh Mountains, The Magic Still Reigns, Strengthened By Bold, Brilliant Victories Of The Outlaw Leader Known As Ravenheart. In The South, Civil War Has Drenched The Land In Blood, And The Armies Of Destruction Are Slowly Creeping North Where Ravenheart Waits, Believing The Armies Of Hated Moidart Will Come, Led By The Brutal Ruler'S Only Son, Stormrider. Ravenheart And Stormrider: Enemies Of Uncommon Courage, Are Unaware That The Fate Of Their World Lies In Their Hands. Both Are Destined To Be Heroes, But One Of Them Is Doomed. For A Secret Lost In The Uncharted Past Has Returned To Haunt These Two Warriors As They Face, Not Only The Malice Of Powerful Men, But The Vengeance Of An Ancient Evil, Rising From The Bloodshed To Slake Its Thirst. As Immense Armies Of Darkness Advance, It Seems As If Nothing Will Stop Them. They Crush Their Enemies With Ease, Until Only A Few Thousand Highlanders Stand Before Them, With No Help In Sight. But These Are Not Ordinary Men. They Are Clansmen, And More Than That, They Are Rigante.
Download or read book The Surfin ary written by Trevor Cralle and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Defines words and phrases unique to the vocabulary of surfers.
Download or read book Sustainable Stoke written by Jess Ponting and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-23 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does sustainability mean in the surfing world? This question is answered by more than 40 of the most influentialfigures from the surf industry, academia, non-profit organisations, and the surfing community, exploring the cutting edge of the surfing world's transition to sustainability. High profile contributors include: - President of the International Surfing Association and founder of Reef, Fernando Aguerre, - 1978 World Champion and former CEO of the Association of Surfing Professionals Wayne 'Rabbit' Bartholomew, - Professional Surfer, former Waterman of the Year and twice inducted into the Surfer's Hall of Fame Rob Machado, - President of the Surf Industry Manufacturers Association Doug Palladini, - Founder of Surfrider Foundation Glenn Hening, - Co-Founder of Surfers Against Sewage Chris Hines, - Fred Hemmings 1968 world champion, founder of the PipelineMasters and the World Championship Tour, and former statesenator, - Bob McKnight former CEO and current chairman of the board at Quiksilver, and many more. Sustainable Stoke systematically explores how surfing culture and industry impacts on social, economic and environmental areas of life at both international and local levels. Innovations and initiatives are highlighted providing the foundations for technological transitions as well as social and environmental initiatives that are improving the lives of thousands of people all over the world.
Download or read book The Voyeur s Motel written by Gay Talese and published by Grove/Atlantic, Inc.. This book was released on 2016-07-12 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The controversial chronicle of a motel owner who secretly studied the sex lives of his guests by the renowned journalist and author of Thy Neighbor’s Wife. On January 7, 1980, in the run-up to the publication of his landmark bestseller Thy Neighbor’s Wife, Gay Talese received an anonymous letter from a man in Colorado. “Since learning of your long-awaited study of coast-to-coast sex in America,” the letter began, “I feel I have important information that I could contribute to its contents or to contents of a future book.” The man—Gerald Foos—hen divulged an astonishing secret: he had bought a motel outside Denver for the express purpose of satisfying his voyeuristic desires. Underneath its peaked roof, he had built an “observation platform” through which he could peer down on his unwitting guests. Over the years, Foos sent Talese hundreds of pages of notes on his guests, work that Foos believed made him a pioneering researcher into American society and sexuality. Through his Voyeur’s motel, he witnessed and recorded the harsh effects of the war in Vietnam, the upheaval in gender roles, the decline of segregation, and much more. In The Voyeur’s Motel. “the reader observes Talese observing Foos observing his guests.” An extraordinary work of narrative journalism, it is at once an examination of one unsettling man and a portrait of the secret life of the American heartland over the latter half of the twentieth century (Daily Mail, UK). “This is a weird book about weird people doing weird things, and I wouldn’t have put it down if the house were on fire.” —John Greenya, Washington Times
Download or read book Will written by John Ogden and published by . This book was released on 2018-03 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Will' is the second book in the Shibboleth trilogy
Download or read book The Encyclopedia of Surfing written by Matt Warshaw and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2005 with total page 820 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With 1,500 alphabetical entries and 300 illustrations, this resource is a comprehensive review of the people, places, events, equipment, vernacular, and lively history of this fascinating sport.
Download or read book Woke written by JOHN. OGDEN and published by . This book was released on 2018-02 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Woke is a story based on an extraordinary account of one man's search for Truth during an age of great disruption. Exiled from his home and country, Will Oakley's journey begins without any particular destination, but guided by destiny and a growing awareness he is eventually awakened to a truth ... a truth within sight of the beginning of his odyssey. Just before dawn on the first day of summer in 1948, one year after William Oakley's dramatic arrival on the planet, a body is found slumped against a seawall on a quiet beach near Adelaide. There is no sign of violence or a struggle, but a coroner's enquiry finds that the unidentified victim has been poisoned. A mysterious set of events and the discovery of a secret code lead to speculation that the man was a Soviet spy. The future of a top-secret site being set up at Woomera in the South Australia desert lies in the balance. In a callous act, Aboriginal people from the Western Desert are forcibly removed from their homelands to make way for this Anglo-Australian project. For some traditional people this is their first experience of the puzzling and worryingly abnormal European culture. The remote deserts that have preserved and protected the planet's longest, continuous culture have now drawn other forces intent on developing weapons of mass destruction. Will Oakley's life would be shaped by the conjuncture of these vastly different worlds. The Cold War politics that gave rise to these events had set him on a dangerous path through an extraordinary time in history. Along the way he would meet a collection of unlikely mentors, and be unwittingly initiated into ancient beliefs misunderstood as outmoded shibboleths.Woke, the first volume in the Shibboleth trilogy, focuses on Will's early years and his gradual awakening. It is breathtaking in its scope, serving up lashings of humour, intrigue, philosophy, politics, popular culture, mystery, exotic locations, and complex characters along the way. The reader is left thinking about the insights revealed in this tale long after turning the last page.
