The Surfboard

Author:

By Ben Marcus

Format:

Hardback

Availability:

In print, usually dispatched within 3-4 days.

Price:

£25.00 £22.50 (Save 10%)

Tagged with:

Water Sports, Surfing, Surf Boards

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Further Details

• Published: 1st May 2007
• ISBN: 076032753X
• Pages: 256
• Size: 300mm x 152mm

From the Publisher:

Even in the beginning, the surfboard was a religious icon. The ancient Hawaiians rode their koa boards in homage to the sea's gods. And today, surfing is a philosophy and a way of life rolled into one.

Here is the first ever history of the surfboard! From the Hawaiians' monstrous koa planks to the latest and greatest plastic fantastic masterpieces, the surfboard's tale is told in glorious photography and stoked text.

The history of the surfboard stretches back centuries - perhaps even millennia. It's a rollicking story both cultural and technological, like a cross between a thriller, a science fiction fantasy, and a Frankie Avalon-Annette Funicello movie, all set to a rocking surf-guitar soundtrack.

It's also a long, twisting tale of innovation - innovation that has in turn shaped surfing into the stunning sport it is today.
Beautifully illustrated with studio photographs and close-ups of surfboards, as well as historical images and the latest surf photography, this book documents the surfboard's evolution as a perfect convergence of form and function.

Author Ben Marcus writes for Surfer, The Surfer's Journal, and other magazines. Photographer Jeff Divine is one of the world’ s foremost surfing shooters and photo editor at The Surfer's Journal, And Juliana Morais photographed Fernando Aguerre's amazing collection of rare, historic, unusual, and famous surfboards to create The Surfboard: Art, Style, Stoke!