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Book Still Surfing Cold Water  Expanded 2nd Edition

Download or read book Still Surfing Cold Water Expanded 2nd Edition written by Glenn S. Gordinier and published by Lordshillstudio. This book was released on 2021-11-08 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humorous and passionate, Still Surfing Cold Water explores the world of veteran surfer and master story-teller, Dr. Glenn Gordinier. This expanded 2nd edition chronicles surfing in New England's frigid waters and recalls memorable escapes to warmer shores. It lays bare the surfer's compulsion and the cycles of life experienced by unheralded wave-riders the world around. Over the years the sea has offered the author hardship, hazard, and elation. His true tales span from a teenage epiphany, to encounters with hurricane swell in his mid-seventies. These stories also illuminate the burning desire that sends a select few into icy winter waters, warmed by a passion that cannot be quenched. An award-winning writer, Glenn Gordinier - like millions of others - succumbs to the addictive need to surf. If you are a surfer, this is your story. If you know a surfer and wonder about his or her obsession, the answer is in these pages. If you dream of riding a wave, then join the author and feel the sea's surge as you paddle into a wall of blue. Retired from Williams College, Glenn Gordinier spends his time surfing and writing. He lives by sea with his wife, an artist and activist.

Book Surf Survival

    Book Details:
  • Author : Andrew Nathanson
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 2019-07-02
  • ISBN : 1510749047
  • Pages : 288 pages

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.

Book Cold water surfing

    Book Details:
  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2010
  • ISBN : 9789163359323
  • Pages : 46 pages

Download or read book Cold water surfing written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Caught Inside

Download or read book Caught Inside written by Daniel Duane and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1997-04-10 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Duane's account of a year spent surfing in Santa Cruz, California. Interspersed with the narrative of days passed on the water are good-humored explanations of the physics of wave dynamics, the art of surfboard design, dexcriptions of the flora and fauna

Book Let My People Go Surfing

Download or read book Let My People Go Surfing written by Yvon Chouinard and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-09-05 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yvon Chouinard-legendary climber, businessman, environmentalist, and founder of Patagonia, Inc.-shares the persistence and courage that have gone into being head of one of the most respected and environmentally responsible companies on earth. From his youth as the son of a French Canadian blacksmith to the thrilling, ambitious climbing expeditions that inspired his innovative designs for the sport's equipment, Let My People Go Surfing is the story of a man who brought doing good and having grand adventures into the heart of his business life-a book that will deeply affect entrepreneurs and outdoor enthusiasts alike. A newly revised edition of Let My People Go Surfing is available now. From the Trade Paperback edition.

Book Surfing Cold Water

    Book Details:
  • Author : Glenn S. Gordinier
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2012
  • ISBN : 9780981896021
  • Pages : 180 pages

Download or read book Surfing Cold Water written by Glenn S. Gordinier and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Surfing Cold Water chronicles the experience of surfing the waters of New England through the long off-season. Seen through the eyes of a home-owner and career man, this account is not about the professional circuit or descriptions of the most famous surf spots on the planet. Instead, it examines the cycles of life and surfing experienced by millions of unheralded wave riders. It also illuminates the burning desire that sends a select few into frigid winter waters, warmed by a passion that cannot be quenched." - Amazon.com

Book Water Rescue  Principles and Practice to NFPA 1006 and 1670  Surface  Swiftwater  Dive  Ice  Surf  and Flood

Download or read book Water Rescue Principles and Practice to NFPA 1006 and 1670 Surface Swiftwater Dive Ice Surf and Flood written by Treinish and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2017-11-21 with total page 537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Water Rescue: Principles and Practice to NFPA 1006 and 1670: Surface, Swiftwater, Dive, Ice, Surf, and Flood, Second Edition Includes Navigate 2 Advantage is a complete resource for water rescue personnel and their organizations. All six sub-disciplines are broken down into Awareness, Operations and Technician level chapters to better help you and your organization train to the levels your organization is ready to deliver in your response area. Based on the 2017 Editions of NFPA 1006: Standard for Technical Rescue Personnel Professional Qualifications and NFPA 1670: Standard on Operations and Training for Technical Search and Rescue Incidents, this single textbook is the most current and comprehensive water rescue textbook available.

Book Fodor s Panama  2nd Edition

    Book Details:
  • Author : Marlise Elizabeth Kast
  • Publisher : Fodors Travel Publications
  • Release : 2010
  • ISBN : 1400004292
  • Pages : 370 pages

Download or read book Fodor s Panama 2nd Edition written by Marlise Elizabeth Kast and published by Fodors Travel Publications. This book was released on 2010 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Detailed and timely information on accommodations, restaurants and local attractions highlight these updated travel guides, which feature all-new covers, a dramatic visual design, symbols to indicate budget options, must-see ratings, multi-day itineraries, Smart Travel Tips, helpful bulleted maps, tips on transportation, guidelines for shopping excursions and other valuable features. Original.

Book The Complete Guide to Caribbean Cruises  2nd Edition

Download or read book The Complete Guide to Caribbean Cruises 2nd Edition written by Linda Coffman and published by Fodor's Travel Publications. This book was released on 2007-09-04 with total page 682 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What's really included in your cruise fare? What cabins are the best--and the worst? What cruise line has the largest standard cabins, even at the lowest price levels? Which cruise line's ships have rock-climbing walls?--Fodor's The Complete Guide to Caribbean Cruises, 2nd Edition answers all these questions and many more Linda Coffman, our resident Cruise Diva, has been dishing out cruise-travel advice for more than a decade and has the answers to all your cruise questions. An avid cruiser, she spends most of her time cruising in the Caribbean and knows all the inside info on all the ships and even the best things to do while ashore The San Francisco Chronicle sums it up best --"Fodor's guides are saturated with information." - We make every effort to bring you the most accurate and thorough book possible. Plus we provide timely updates about cruising and the Caribbean at Fodors.com. - You know you're getting the real scoop on Caribbean cruising because unlike other guidebooks, Fodor's relies heavily on a cruising expert who knows the industry inside and out - We give you the planning tools you need to tailor your trip. We give options for all budgets. You make the choices. ----------------------------------- With Fodor's you get much more than a guidebook-we make it easy for you to customize your dream vacation. Visit www.fodors.com to find up-to-date travel bargains, mini-guides to worldwide destinations, information on local festivals, dazzling drives, maps, vacation planning tips and much more And, for more insider secrets, visit "Travel Talk" and "Rants and Raves" online at www.fodors.com/forums to get advice from other travelers like you.

Book Surfer Girls in the New World Order

Download or read book Surfer Girls in the New World Order written by Krista Comer and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2010-09-28 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Surfer Girls in the New World Order, Krista Comer explores surfing as a local and global subculture, looking at how the culture of surfing has affected and been affected by girls, from baby boomers to members of Generation Y. Her analysis encompasses the dynamics of international surf tourism in Sayulita, Mexico, where foreign women, mostly middle-class Americans, learn to ride the waves at a premier surf camp and local women work as manicurists, maids, waitresses, and store clerks in the burgeoning tourist economy. In recent years, surfistas, Mexican women and girl surfers, have been drawn to the Pacific coastal town’s clean reef-breaking waves. Comer discusses a write-in candidate for mayor of San Diego, whose political activism grew out of surfing and a desire to protect the threatened ecosystems of surf spots; the owners of the girl-focused Paradise Surf Shop in Santa Cruz and Surf Diva in San Diego; and the observant Muslim woman who started a business in her Huntington Beach home, selling swimsuits that fully cover the body and head. Comer also examines the Roxy Girl series of novels sponsored by the surfwear company Quiksilver, the biography of the champion surfer Lisa Andersen, the Gidget novels and films, the movie Blue Crush, and the book Surf Diva: A Girl’s Guide to Getting Good Waves. She develops the concept of “girl localism” to argue that the experience of fighting for waves and respect in male-majority surf breaks, along with advocating for the health and sustainable development of coastal towns and waterways, has politicized surfer girls around the world.

Book Let My People Go Surfing

Download or read book Let My People Go Surfing written by Yvon Chouinard and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Wonderful . . . a moving autobiography, the story of a unique business, and a detailed blueprint for hope." —Jared Diamond, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs, and Steel In this 10th anniversary edition, Yvon Chouinard—legendary climber, businessman, environmentalist, and founder of Patagonia, Inc.—shares the persistence and courage that have gone into being head of one of the most respected and environmentally responsible companies on earth. From his youth as the son of a French Canadian handyman to the thrilling, ambitious climbing expeditions that inspired his innovative designs for the sport's equipment, Let My People Go Surfing is the story of a man who brought doing good and having grand adventures into the heart of his business life-a book that will deeply affect entrepreneurs and outdoor enthusiasts alike.

Book Barbarian Days

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.

Book Surfing Uncertainty

    Book Details:
  • Author : Andy Clark
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
  • Release : 2016
  • ISBN : 0190217014
  • Pages : 425 pages

Download or read book Surfing Uncertainty written by Andy Clark and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2016 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title brings together work on embodiment, action, and the predictive mind. At the core is the vision of human minds as prediction machines - devices that constantly try to stay one step ahead of the breaking waves of sensory stimulation, by actively predicting the incoming flow. In every situation we encounter, that complex prediction machinery is already buzzing, proactively trying to anticipate the sensory barrage. The book shows in detail how this strange but potent strategy of self-anticipation ushers perception, understanding, and imagination simultaneously onto the cognitive stage.

Book Surf Shack

    Book Details:
  • Author : Nina Freudenberger
  • Publisher : Clarkson Potter
  • Release : 2017-04-11
  • ISBN : 045149606X
  • Pages : 274 pages

Download or read book Surf Shack written by Nina Freudenberger and published by Clarkson Potter. This book was released on 2017-04-11 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Cabin porn goes coastal in Nina Freudenberger’s Surf Shack" [Vanity Fair], and here are bungalows, trailers, cabins, and beach homes where surfers retreat after a day on the waves. Peek inside the homes of longtime enthusiasts and dedicated newcomers that reflect not just a sport or passion, but also a way of life. Blake and Heather Mycoskie of TOMS, hotelier Sean MacPherson, Gypset author Julia Chaplin, and others have set up their spaces to embrace a casual ease and be the break between the waves. With vibrant photographs of design details and bright beaches—from Malibu to the Rockaways, from Japan to Australia—this book captures the soulful milieu of a lifestyle we all aspire to. "A colorful tour of some of the most unique surfer abodes around the world, from Melbourne to New York City." —Architectural Digest

Book Swell

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:

Book Deadly Sails   Complete Collection

Download or read book Deadly Sails Complete Collection written by Jules Verne and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-12-16 with total page 7486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deadly Sails - Complete Collection' assembles a flotilla of narratives from the pens of some of the most distinguished authors known for their contributions to adventure, mystery, and maritime literature. The anthology spans a vast ocean of themes including the raw confrontation with nature, the human spirit's indefatigable quest for the unknown, and the dark, oftentimes supernatural, mysteries that lurk beneath the deck. Each piece, varying from the classic high-seas adventure to tales of ghostly ships and uncharted territories, is meticulously chosen to represent the polyphony of styles and epochal voices that have shaped literature over centuries. Noteworthy are stories that innovate the maritime genre, weaving together narrative techniques that reflect the complexities of the human condition against a backdrop of the formidable sea. The diversity of literary stylesfrom the suspenseful gothic to the thrilling escapadeunderscores the anthologys significance within the literary canon, showcasing an unparalleled breadth in exploring the tempestuous relationship between humanity and the maritime world. The contributing authors, hailing from a spectrum of cultural backgrounds and historical periods, collectively illuminate the evolving dynamics of societal, historical, and personal challenges faced at sea. From Jules Vernes scientific romances to Edgar Allan Poes tales of mystery and macabre, and F. Scott Fitzgeralds poignant narratives, the anthology reflects a rich mosaic of literary movements, including Romanticism, Realism, and the Modernist wave. These authors, many of whom were pioneers in their own right, engage with themes of exploration, existential dread, and the dichotomy of man versus nature, offering a panoramic view of human resilience and frailty. The Deadly Sails - Complete Collection is not merely an anthology; it is a voyage across the tumultuous seas of human emotion and ambition through the lens of some of literatures greatest minds. It beckons readers to set sail into a realm where tales of adventure, mystery, and the supernatural converge, promising a journey that transcends the boundaries of ordinary life. Scholars, enthusiasts of maritime lore, and aficionados of classic literature alike will find in these pages a confluence of stirring narratives that not only entertain but enlighten, fostering a deeper appreciation for the diverse currents that have shaped the literary world.

Book The Pluto System After New Horizons

Download or read book The Pluto System After New Horizons written by S. Alan Stern and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2021-08-10 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once perceived as distant, cold, dark, and seemingly unknowable, Pluto had long been marked as the farthest and most unreachable frontier for solar system exploration. After Voyager accomplished its final planetary reconnaissance at Neptune in 1989, Pluto and its cohort in the Kuiper Belt beckoned as the missing puzzle piece for completing the first reconnaissance of our solar system. In the decades following Voyager, a mission to the Pluto system was not only imagined but also achieved, culminating with the historic 2015 flyby by the New Horizons spacecraft. Pluto and its satellite system (“the Pluto system”), including its largest moon, Charon, have been revealed to be worlds of enormous complexity that fantastically exceed preconceptions. The Pluto System After New Horizons seeks to become the benchmark for synthesizing our understanding of the Pluto system. The volume’s lead editor is S. Alan Stern, who also serves as NASA’s New Horizons Principal Investigator; co-editors Richard P. Binzel, William M. Grundy, Jeffrey M. Moore, and Leslie A. Young are all co-investigators on New Horizons. Leading researchers from around the globe have spent the last five years assimilating Pluto system flyby data returned from New Horizons. The chapters in this volume form an enduring foundation for ongoing study and understanding of the Pluto system. The volume also advances insights into the nature of dwarf planets and Kuiper Belt objects, providing a cornerstone for planning new missions that may return to the Pluto system and explore others of the myriad important worlds beyond Neptune.