Above The Roar : 50 Surfer Interviews [Hardcover]

Matt Warshaw (Author), Shaun Tomson (Foreword)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 123 pages
• Publisher: Non Basic Stock Line; 1 edition (October 1, 1997)
• ISBN-10: 0965901904
• ISBN-13: 978-0965901901
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 11.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,844,335 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Matt Warshaw was born in Los Angeles, began riding waves in 1969, and had a brief, undistinguished, resume-padding career as a pro surfer during the early 1980s. He worked at SURFER Magazine for six years, and became editor in 1990. Quitting what has been called "the best job in surfing," Warshaw enrolled at UC Berkeley, and in 1993 took a BA in History, graduating Phi Beta Kappa. He continued to write, and published articles in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Esquire, Interview, and Outside.

Warshaw has written eight books since 1997, including the Encyclopedia of Surfing ("A living, breathing masterpiece," according to Salon.com), and the just-published History of Surfing. The Honolulu Star-Bulletin wrote that "Warshaw has written more cogent words about surfing than any other human," and the UK's Independent added that "the author appears to have attained total omniscience in his field."

Warshaw lives in San Francisco with his wife and son.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Warshaw brings it home, December 2, 1999

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This review is from: Above The Roar : 50 Surfer Interviews (Hardcover)

In this book, ex-Surfer Magazine editor Matt Warshaw captures the voice of surfing. By picking out the essential moment in a dleuge of interviews with the each of history's most influencial surfers, Warshaw exposes the true soul of surfing. This book touched me deeply.