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Now in paperback and updated to include forty

new entries, this "leviathan of surf literature" (Surfing magazine)

is a remarkable collection of expert knowledge, spine-tingling

stories, and little-known trivia. With 1,500 alphabetical entries

and 300 illustrations, The Encyclopedia of Surfing is the most

comprehensive review of the people, places, events, equipment,

vernacular, and lively history of this fascinating sport by "one of

surfing's most knowledgeable historians" (San Francisco

Chronicle).

Each year, the surf industry brings in $4.5

billion, and more than two-and-a-half million Americans, from

California to Delaware, have caught the wave. The Encyclopedia of

Surfing is a book that no surfer-or armchair adventurer-will be

able to resist.

Introduction

Foreword by William Finnegan

A Brief History of Surfing

A through Z entries

Addendum: New Entries to the Paperback Edition

Appendix 1: Selected Surfing Bibliography

Appendix 2: Selected Surf Contest Results, I954-2002

Appendix 3: Surf Movies, Videos, and DVDs

Appendix 4: Surfing Magazines

Appendix 5: Selected Surf Music Discography

Thanks and Acknowledgments

Photo Credits

　　Matt Warshaw is the former editor of Surfer magazine and has

been writing about surfing for more than twenty years. A surfer all

his life, he competed professionally in the early eighties.

Warshaw's articles have been published in the New York Times

Magazine and the Wall Street Journal, and he is the author of

several books on surfing. He lives in San Francisco

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    PRAISE FOR THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SURFING

　　"Fiendishly addictive . . . Comprehensive and

compelling."--Sports Illustrated

　　"A spiritual cousin to The Endless Summer between hard covers . .

. Both the old and new testament of board-riding culture."--Los

Angeles Times

　　"The most thorough, comprehensive guide to the sport of surfing

ever."

　　(Eastern Surf Magazine )

　　"Both the old and new testament of board-riding culture, spanning

from Captain Cook to Malia Jones."

　　(Los Angeles Times )

　　"Fiendishly addictive . . . Comprehensive and compelling."

--Sports Illustrated

　　(Sports Illustrated )

　　"The leviathan of surf literature .... Wild variety and perfect

pacing ... offer greater insights into surfing''s vast

reach."

　　(Surfing )

书籍介绍

Now in paperback and updated to include forty new entries, this "leviathan of surf literature" (Surfing magazine) is a remarkable collection of expert knowledge, spine-tingling stories, and little-known trivia. With 1,500 alphabetical entries and 300 illustrations, The Encyclopedia of Surfing is the most comprehensive review of the people, places, events, equipment, vernacular, and lively history of this fascinating sport by "one of surfing's most knowledgeable historians" (San Francisco Chronicle).

Each year, the surf industry brings in $4.5 billion, and more than two-and-a-half million Americans, from California to Delaware, have caught the wave. The Encyclopedia of Surfing is a book that no surfer-or armchair adventurer-will be able to resist.

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