The California Surf Project (Hardcover)

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Product Description

Quit your job, pack your boards, and surf your way down the California coast....
Sound like a daydream? The California Surf Project is the fully illustrated travel diary of two surfers who took this trip of a lifetime. Chris Burkard, a talented photographer, and Eric Soderquist, a professional surfer, cajoled their Volkswagen bus along Highway 1 from the Oregon border to the Tijuana Sloughs and discovered everything the Golden State's legendary coastline has to offer. Relive their incredible adventure of surfing perfect waves, sharing campfires with total strangers, and keeping the bus running with duct tape and prayers in more than 200 gorgeous photographs, soulful text, and a professionally produced thirty-minute DVD.

About the Author

Chris Burkard is a surf photographer whose work has appeared in over 35 international publications. He lives in Arroyo Grande, California.

Eric Soderquist is a professional surfer, artist, and world traveler. He lives and surfs in Shell Beach, California.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 176 pages
• Publisher: Chronicle Books; 1 edition (April 22, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0811862828
• ISBN-13: 978-0811862820
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 9.9 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #59,119 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Visual Love Letter to the Best Coast Line on Earth, May 25, 2009

By	Jaimal Yogis "Author of Saltwater Buddha: a s... (San Francisco) - See all my reviews

Sometimes I think I love California too much. I find myself talking to east coast friends about it and wondering if I'm being over the top when I say things like "there's no better place on earth". But then I take a drive down Hwy 1 and I get all teary-eyed and grateful. If I ever leave California -- and I won't for very long -- I will not take this book with me. Because I would cry every time I saw it. Soderquist and Burkhard have captured what so many of us love about living here. Their journey is a visual love letter to the Golden State that I'll look at again and again if only to remind myself that I'm not leaving. Well done gents!

4.0 out of 5 stars A sweet, delicate book about surfing and life..., November 2, 2009

By	Mary Eastham "Author" (California) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book is part adventure, part whimsy and mostly fun. I surf in my dreams, but an early near drowning experience has put the brakes on my dancing on the water. That hasn't stopped me from loving and seeking out every potential surf pitstop from San Francisco all the way to Baja. It's a lifestyle I envy, so simple and so rich. I'm trying to teach my Golden Retriever puppy Flynn to surf. It's my way of grabbing a piece of the action. Catch a ride on The California Surf Project. It's an escape I think you'll really enjoy. I especially like the hand-written picture captions. They tell their own stories...Mary Kennedy Eastham, Author, The Shadow of a Dog I Can't Forget and the upcoming novel, Night Surfing Website:[...].

3.0 out of 5 stars More surfing, please..., September 30, 2009

By	S. C Threndyle "stevet" (kelowna bc) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is one of the most gorgeously packaged surf books (and that is saying something, because there are lots of 'em) - with even a free DVD. And I do love CA, and have been by many of the stops along the way that are chronicled here... However, it's... just a bit thin, overall. The DVD cannot even begin to compare with Thomas Campbell, and while the book has some nice images, Daniel Duane got way more 'inside' the CA scene than this book does. As a travelogue, I much preferred that from Bend to Baja biodiesel project book... which i loaned to someone and they never returned! GRRR!!!