Surfing

Author: Elliott Almond

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Price : $32.95 AUD
ISBN : 9781594850998
Publisher : Mountaineers Books
Imprint : Mountaineers Books
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Weight (g) : 0.395
Publication date : 30 September 2009
Dimensions : 215mm X 180mm X 14mm
Produced in : United States
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Dewey classification : 797.32
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Pages : 220
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Description

This how-to surfing guidebook by sports writer Almond is a primer for the uninitiated as well as a handbook for the experienced ready to build on their fundamental skills. "Surfing" also covers gear, safety, surf culture, and more.

Author description

Elliott Almond has been an investigative sports journalist for three decades. He has been recognised by such organisations as the Associated Press Sports Editors and the Society of Professional Journalists, and has been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize three times. A life-long surfer, Almond spent a good portion of his youth travelling the Southern California and Baja California coastlines searching for the perfect wave.

Acknowledgement of country

The Bundjalung of Byron Bay Arakwal People have lived in the coastal landscape around Byron Bay for at least 22,000 years.We acknowledge and show respect for the original people on the land on which we are based. We respectfully acknowledge the ancient cultural presence in the Australian landscape by First Nation peoples and their ongoing traditional and spiritual custodianship of the marine areas, beaches, bush, rivers, lakes and mountains.