Surfers live to travel. The quest to find perfect waves is something that grips surfers of all abilities, from novice to expert. The 2nd Edition of Surf Travel is the surf travellers bible with all the essential information at your fingertips for global surf travel. Foreword by 3 times world champion Mick Fanning. featuring the best travel ......
Amazing Waves is a stunning coffee table book which captures the beauty and majesty of ocean waves. This breathtaking volume is a collection of the best recent images of the worlds top surf photographers. The photos in Amazing Waves are guaranteed to thrill surfers, longboarders, kite surfers, bodyboarders and anyone with a love of the ......
The aim of Advanced Surf Fitness for High Performance Surfing is to help you maximise your skills. This book will help you surf longer, catch more waves and take your performance to the next level using state-of-the-art surf fitness techniques.Stepping things up from the best-selling book The Complete Guide to Surf Fitness, this book covers ......
The Landmark Court Battle over Argentina's $100 Billion Debt Restructuring
The dramatic inside story of the most important case in the history of sovereign debt law
Unlike individuals or corporations that become insolvent, nations do not have access to bankruptcy protection from their creditors. When a country defaults on its debt, the international financial system is ill equipped to ......
This book considers the unique perspective found in the sport of surfing for reconsidering questions in the philosophy of sport. Through the lens of surfing Brennan explores questions of ethics, aesthetics, gender equality, the nature of sport, Olympism, technology, and the good life.
How California Appropriated Hawaiian Beach Culture
Despite a genuine admiration for Native Hawaiian culture, white Californians of the 1930s ignored authentic relationships with Native Hawaiians. Surfing became a central part of what emerged instead: a beach culture of dressing, dancing, and acting like an Indigenous people whites idealized. Patrick Moser uses surfing to open a door on the ......
How California Appropriated Hawaiian Beach Culture
Despite a genuine admiration for Native Hawaiian culture, white Californians of the 1930s ignored authentic relationships with Native Hawaiians. Surfing became a central part of what emerged instead: a beach culture of dressing, dancing, and acting like an Indigenous people whites idealized. Patrick Moser uses surfing to open a door on the ......
George Freeth and the Birth of California Beach Culture
The mixed-race Hawaiian athlete George Freeth brought surfing to Venice, California, in 1907. Over the next twelve years, Freeth taught Southern Californians to surf and swim while creating a modern lifeguard service that transformed the beach into a destination for fun, leisure, and excitement. Patrick Moser places Freeth's inspiring life story ......
