Surfing Australia

A Complete History of Surfboard Riding in Australia

Phil Jarratt (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

344 Seiten

2017 | Flexibind
Hardie Grant Books (Verlag)
978-1-74379-368-8 (ISBN)

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The definitive guide to Australia's surfing history, published in conjunction with Surfing Australia. Australian surf culture is over a century old, and it still hasn't grown up. From its roots as an illegal pastime to its current incarnation as a professional sport, surfing's enduring appeal has always been the carefree, quintessentially Australian lifestyle that goes with it. Australian surf culture has always had competing impulses of chaos and order. For every Boot Hill Gang there is a Surf Life Saving Association; for every tragic drug disqualification, a World Title winner. From Tommy Tanna, Alick Wickham and Freddie Williams's pioneering surf lifestyles to the hedonism of 1950s beach culture, the Coolangatta Kids of the 1970s, to the eventual professionalised machine that surfing in Australia has now become, this is the complete, no-holds-barred history of both sides of the story. With forewords by Mark Richards and Layne Beachley, Australia's World Champion surfers, this book is the definitive history of surfing in Australia.

Phil Jarratt has worked in surf publishing for forty years and is regarded as one of the sport’s foremost authorities. A former editor of Tracks and Australian Surfers Journal, and associate editor of Surfer, his books on surfing include The Wave Game (1977), Mr Sunset (1997), The Mountain & The Wave (2006), Kelly Slater: For The Love (2008), Salts and Suits (2010), Australia’s Hottest 100 Surfing Legends (2011) and Life of Brine (August 2017). He has received the Australian Surfing Hall of Fame Media Award three times.

Erscheinungsdatum	01.02.2018
Zusatzinfo	full colour throughout
Verlagsort	South Yarra
Sprache	englisch
Maße	230 x 270 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Segeln / Tauchen / Wassersport
Themenwelt	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-74379-368-5 / 1743793685
ISBN-13	978-1-74379-368-8 / 9781743793688
Zustand	Neuware