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Book Rulers of the Surf

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  • Author : Julius Washington Muller
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1910
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 352 pages

Download or read book Rulers of the Surf written by Julius Washington Muller and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Rulers of the Surf  a Story of the Mysteries and Perils of the Sea     Illustrated

Download or read book Rulers of the Surf a Story of the Mysteries and Perils of the Sea Illustrated written by J. W. MULLER (Novelist.) and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Surfing  the Sport of Hawaiian Kings

Download or read book Surfing the Sport of Hawaiian Kings written by Ben R. Finney and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Form VI Merit Prize awarded to B. J. Griffin, December 1969. Signed: 'David R. Lawrence'

Book Kings of the Surf

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  • Author : Ross Robert Olney
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1969
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 192 pages

Download or read book Kings of the Surf written by Ross Robert Olney and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brief biographies of twenty well-known surfers explain the technique and terminology of one of the "fastest growing participant sports."

Book Kings of the Surf  By Ross R  Olney and Richard W  Graham

Download or read book Kings of the Surf By Ross R Olney and Richard W Graham written by Ross Robert Olney and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Legends of Surfing

Download or read book Legends of Surfing written by Duke Boyd and published by MVP Books. This book was released on 2009-11-07 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surfing, Jack London remarked, is “a royal sport for the natural kings of earth.” The greatest of those natural kings grant readers an audience in this glorious celebration of the world’s best surfers. Part exquisite picture book and travelogue to the top of the world, part biography and reference guidebook, Legends of Surfing profiles one hundred great surfers, men and women, from throughout the world. In life stories, and in exclusive interviews--which only the surfing icon Duke Boyd could have pulled off--stellar surfers such as Wayne Bartholomew, Tom Curren, Andy and Bruce Irons, Duke Kahanamoku, Dave Kalama, Gerry Lopez, Rob Machado, Mark Occhilupo, and Kelly Slater give us a rare firsthand look at what it’s like, in this crowded world, to “seek and find the perfect day, the perfect wave, and be alone with the surf and his thoughts.” (John Severson, Surfer magazine, 1960)

Book The History of Surfing

Download or read book The History of Surfing written by Nat Young and published by Victory Audio Video Services. This book was released on 1994 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Former World Champion Nat Young brings surf fans a stunning color history that is easily the most authoritative book ever written on the sport. Young traces the surfing's development, from its origins among Hawaiian kings riding heavy wooden boards to current professionals shooting the pipe on space-age polymers. Spectacular color photographs leap from every page, complementing equally colorful biographies of some of the surfing's most remarkable -- and eccentric -- pioneers. A special feature includes never-before-published photographs from competitive surfing's early days in Hawaii and Australia.

Book Stoked

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  • Author : Drew Kampion
  • Publisher : Gibbs Smith
  • Release : 2003
  • ISBN : 1586852132
  • Pages : 224 pages

Download or read book Stoked written by Drew Kampion and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on 2003 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once the sport of Polynesian kings, surfing embodies the ultimate encounter between man and nature. Played out on the beaches and breaking waves of the world's continental fringes, surfing is the epitome of a classic cult of freedom and individual expression-an arena not only for survival but for grace under pressure, style, and artistic invention. Yet surfing is more than just riding the waves-it's a lifestyle, a state of mind, a subculture with its own codes and heroes. In Stoked: A History of Surf Culture, surf journalist Drew Kampion traces the evolution of the modern beach culture and the challenging, beautiful sport that gave rise to it. From its Polynesian origins and the early days of Duke Kahanamoku's beachboys, to the California-style surfing cult that exploded in the 1960s, to the international pro circuits and radical big-wave contests of today, Stoked tells the compelling story that has inspired entire genres of music, movies, fashion, and art. This revised second edition has updated text and new photographs. With a foreword by legendary surf filmmaker Bruce Brown, whose seminal film, The Endless Summer, captured the essence of the surfing lifestyle, Stoked is the lavishly illustrated history of the legends and the places, the artifacts and the trends, that continue to give surf culture its universal allure and appeal.

Book The World in the Curl

Download or read book The World in the Curl written by Peter Westwick and published by Crown. This book was released on 2013-07-23 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A definitive and highly readable history of surfing and the cultural, political, economic, and environmental consequences of its evolution from a sport of Hawaiian kings and queens to a billion-dollar worldwide industry Despite its rebellious, outlaw reputation, or perhaps because of it, surfing occupies a central place in the American – and global – imagination, embodying the tension between romantic counterculture ideals and middle-class values, between an individualistic communion with nature and a growing commitment to commerce and technology. In examining the enduring widespread appeal of surfing in both myth and reality, The World in the Curl offers a fresh angle on the remarkable rise of the sport and its influence on modern life. Drawing on Peter Westwick and Peter Neushul’s expertise as historians of science and technology, the environment, and the Cold War, as well as decades of experience as surfers themselves, The World in the Curl brings alive the colorful history of surfing by drawing readers into the forces that fueled the sport's expansion: colonialism, the military-industrial complex, globalization, capitalism, environmental engineering, and race and gender roles. In an engaging and provocative narrative history – from the spread of surfing to the United States, to the development of surf culture, to the reintroduction of women into the sport, to big wave frontiers – the authors draw an indelible portrait of surfing and surfers as actors on the global stage.

Book Surfing

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  • Author : Ben R. Finney
  • Publisher : Pomegranate
  • Release : 1996
  • ISBN : 0876545940
  • Pages : 126 pages

Download or read book Surfing written by Ben R. Finney and published by Pomegranate. This book was released on 1996 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surfing traces the history of the sport from its beginnings in ancient Hawaii through the mid 1960s. This revised edition of the 1966 classic features extensive illustrations, a new introduction, and articles by Mark Twain and Jack London recounting their observations on surfing. The book also explores the development of the surfboard and follows surfing's timeline from the earliest legends to the accomplishments of modern surfing heroes.

Book The Sport of Kings

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  • Author : D. R. MacPherson
  • Publisher : Strategic Book Publishing
  • Release : 2011-08
  • ISBN : 9781609112943
  • Pages : 92 pages

Download or read book The Sport of Kings written by D. R. MacPherson and published by Strategic Book Publishing. This book was released on 2011-08 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A follow-up to D.R. MacPherson's previous children's book, The First Wave, The Sport of Kings is the continuing story of a young islander, Mujibar, and his invention of surfing. In The Sport of Kings, Mujibar teaches King Manoah and his advisors, Pono and Kula, how to surf. As the popularity of the surfing phenomena grows, Mujibar's father Kelano invites two kings, Drambua and Markola, from the neighboring islands to witness how Mujibar and King Manoah surf the waves with the dolphins. The visiting kings are amazed! As Mujibar sets out to share his surfing techniques with Kings Drambua and Markola, and their men, a large group of dolphins gathers. Will they follow the surfers? Will the kings embrace the joys and challenges of surfing? How will this Sport of Kings spread to other islands in the region? Author Bio: D.R. MacPherson lives in central Florida, where he is an artist involved in painting and sculpting. He has been a surfer since he was nine years old, and Mujibar's surfing experiences are a natural reflection of his own. It is Mr. MacPherson's hope that countless children will be able to enjoy his stories as much as his son did when he heard them at bedtime.Publisher's website: http: //sbpra.com/DRMacPherso

Book Maverick s

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  • Author : Matt Warshaw
  • Publisher : Chronicle Books
  • Release : 2003-10-09
  • ISBN : 9780811841597
  • Pages : 272 pages

Download or read book Maverick s written by Matt Warshaw and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2003-10-09 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With its massive faces, punishing rocks, and treacherous currents, Maverick's presents a surfing challenge like no other. Author Matt Warshaw has updated his critically acclaimed illustrated history of Maverick's to cover important recent developments, and we've added a fresh new cover to kick this edition off in style. "A fascinating account," to quote Surfer magazine, it takes "a cue from Sebastian Junger's The Perfect Storm...Warshaw focused on a single event...and expands on it to illuminate an entire culture and its world beyond waves." The event was the death of celebrated surfer Mark Foo, one of those who congregate every winter to test themselves in the dark, foreboding waters. And what unfolds in Maverick's is no less than the story of big-wave surfing, from its ancient Hawaiian origins to modern tow-in riders. It's a book to be enjoyed not only by those who surf deep in the waves, but also by those whose taste for adventure is satisfied deep in the pages of a very good book.

Book Mantle of the World Ruler

Download or read book Mantle of the World Ruler written by Kate Gateley and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on with total page 543 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An ancient curse broken, a new prophecy foretold, and a grimoire of dark Druidic magic. After a year of unimaginable violence, magic, and an all-consuming love that has followed her through countless incarnations, Julia Harrison has not only come into her own as a magic Bearer—far surpassing those women in her bloodline who came before her—but is about to start down a path that can end in only one of two ways: with her fulfilling her prophesized role as Sovereign, chalice of the World Ruler; or with the death of everyone and everything she holds dear at the hands of Cassius Longinus, The Child of Rome, in his brutal and inexorable quest to finally achieve true immortality. Mantle of the World Ruler—Book Two of the Lost Well Trilogy—begins directly after the events of its predecessor, and with it, author Kate Gateley draws the reader right back into the romantic, magical, and often terrifying world of Bearers and Wielders, Knaves and Wraiths, and Domhnall O’Brien, cursed by choice to follow his love through one life after another until they can save each other at last.

Book American Fiction  1901 1925

Download or read book American Fiction 1901 1925 written by Geoffrey D. Smith and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1997-08-13 with total page 1064 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A 1997 bibliography of American fiction from 1901-1925.

Book Ruler of the World

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  • Author : Alexander Belyaev
  • Publisher : TSK Group LLC
  • Release : 2024-03-05
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 115 pages

Download or read book Ruler of the World written by Alexander Belyaev and published by TSK Group LLC. This book was released on 2024-03-05 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Great historic rulers attempted to take over the world with superior armies and weapons. Ludwig Shtirner decided not to follow in their footsteps. Instead, he set out to take over the world using nothing more than the power of his mind.

Book The History of Surfing

Download or read book The History of Surfing written by Matt Warshaw and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2011-04-29 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This in-depth, photo-packed look at the history and culture of surfers is “meticulously researched, smartly written . . . required reading” (Outside Magazine). Matt Warshaw knows more about surfing than any other person on the planet. After five years of research and writing, Warshaw, a former professional surfer and editor of Surfing magazine, has crafted an unprecedented, definitive history of the sport and the culture it has spawned. With more than 250 rare photographs, The History of Surfing reveals and defines this sport with a voice that is authoritative, funny, and wholly original. The obsessive nature of Warshaw’s endeavor is matched only by the obsessive nature of surfers, who are brought to life in this book in many tales of daring, innovation, athletic achievement, and the offbeat personalities who have made surfing history happen. “The world’s most comprehensive chronicler of the surfing scene.” —Andy Martin, The Independent

Book Waves of Resistance

Download or read book Waves of Resistance written by Isaiah Helekunihi Walker and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2011-03-02 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surfing has been a significant sport and cultural practice in Hawai‘i for more than 1,500 years. In the last century, facing increased marginalization on land, many Native Hawaiians have found refuge, autonomy, and identity in the waves. In Waves of Resistance Isaiah Walker argues that throughout the twentieth century Hawaiian surfers have successfully resisted colonial encroachment in the po‘ina nalu (surf zone). The struggle against foreign domination of the waves goes back to the early 1900s, shortly after the overthrow of the Hawaiian kingdom, when proponents of this political seizure helped establish the Outrigger Canoe Club—a haoles (whites)-only surfing organization in Waikiki. A group of Hawaiian surfers, led by Duke Kahanamoku, united under Hui Nalu to compete openly against their Outrigger rivals and established their authority in the surf. Drawing from Hawaiian language newspapers and oral history interviews, Walker’s history of the struggle for the po‘ina nalu revises previous surf history accounts and unveils the relationship between surfing and colonialism in Hawai‘i. This work begins with a brief look at surfing in ancient Hawai‘i before moving on to chapters detailing Hui Nalu and other Waikiki surfers of the early twentieth century (including Prince Jonah Kuhio), the 1960s radical antidevelopment group Save Our Surf, professional Hawaiian surfers like Eddie Aikau, whose success helped inspire a newfound pride in Hawaiian cultural identity, and finally the North Shore’s Hui O He‘e Nalu, formed in 1976 in response to the burgeoning professional surfing industry that threatened to exclude local surfers from their own beaches. Walker also examines how Hawaiian surfers have been empowered by their defiance of haole ideas of how Hawaiian males should behave. For example, Hui Nalu surfers successfully combated annexationists, married white women, ran lucrative businesses, and dictated what non-Hawaiians could and could not do in their surf—even as the popular, tourist-driven media portrayed Hawaiian men as harmless and effeminate. Decades later, the media were labeling Hawaiian surfers as violent extremists who terrorized haole surfers on the North Shore. Yet Hawaiians contested, rewrote, or creatively negotiated with these stereotypes in the waves. The po‘ina nalu became a place where resistance proved historically meaningful and where colonial hierarchies and categories could be transposed. 25 illus.