Surfing Books

… books for surfers in-between surfs

Zero Break: An Illustrated Collection Of Surf Writing

Buy from The Nile AU Buy from Amazon USA Buy from Amazon EU Zero Break : An Illustrated Collection Of Surf Writing by Matt Warshaw The author of The Encyclopedia of Surfing returns with this definitive anthology of the best-ever writing about surfing, illustrated with classic and cutting-edge photographs and artwork. Hip and eclectic, the [...]

The Encyclopedia of Surfing

Buy from The Nile AU Buy from Amazon USA Buy from Amazon EU The Encyclopedia of Surfing – Matt Warshaw The Encyclopedia of Surfing chronicles nearly every bit of wave-riding–its history, places, mythology, champions, tragedies, in-jokes, and minutiae. Author Matt Warshaw, former editor of Surfer magazine, and his fellow researchers took three years to put [...]

Ben Marcus – The Surfboard

Buy from The Nile AU Buy from Amazon USA Buy from Amazon EU Ben Marcus – The Surfboard: Art, Style, Stoke Surfer’s Journal, September 2007 “The Surfboard serves as a general catalog and survey of surf craft form the 20th century onwards.” Transworld Surf, September 2007 “It’s a cool look back at the most important [...]

Matt Warshaw – Photo/Stoner

Buy from The Nile AU Buy from Amazon USA Buy from Amazon EU Photo/Stoner: The Rise, Fall, and Mysterious Disappearance of Surfing’s Greatest Photographer This book has some awesome photos of surfing back in the 60′s & 70′s.  As an x-so cal resident, I am amazed by how much California and surfing culture has changed [...]