Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #135336 in Books
• Published on: 1997-05-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 144 pages

Synopsis
An introductory guide to the sport discusses traditional surfing, bodyboarding, and body surfing while offering detailed instructions for the complete beginner.

From the Author
Thumbnail description of book and target market.
Conversationally written. No jargon or surf lingo to confuse the beginner. Breaks a potentially difficult and complex subject into easy-to-digest tidbits.Targeted for people who have never so much as picked up a surfboard in their lives, but who are intrigued by this exhilarating sport. Anybody can LEARN TO SURF, let's do it!

Customer Reviews

A must for a beginning surfer, more of a survival guide.
This is a great book to learn in depth about surfing, I have been surfing since I was 6 and I wish that I had a book to teach me all of the things that I learned the hard way. This book is a survival guide, It teaches you about waves, form and how to identify rip tides and other things that can end your day of surfing and your life. If you are considering learning to to surf, you can't afford not to read this book.

Before entering the water, read it, often
Sit down and read it on a fine day overlooking the sea and the surf and you'll go back in the water understanding so much more - It really is that good, even for such a small volume. After reading three other books on how to learn, this is the one that is making sense of all the others. That, and Wingnut's Art of Longboarding DVD if you can find it.

The section on reading the water surface to identify rip currents I haven't seen described anywhere else... plenty of books explain the dangers of rips, but not how to find spot them on the water surface

By all means buy some other step-by-step photo books, but get this one too

A must for the beginner
An excellent book for the beginner surfer. It allows a reader to understand the concepts of a trying sport without getting bogged down in the jargon associated with it. It also provides essential information such as the surfer's etiquitte and the reading of waves.

Get it and get out there!