Customer Reviews

The California Surf Project

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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!

I liked this book. But then I like both surfing and good travelogues in general so it was a bit of a given.

Two surfers win a free grant to go on a surf trip as long as they write a book about it, so they do. Pretty much explains it.

Nice photography, interesting thoughts and angles from a surfers perspective and two guys get to surf the californian coast just for fun and document the whole thing. I thought the pic on the cover was one of the best in the book regarding mood and sense of place but the photography overall is good - in a trendy 'art' surfer mag kind of way. I was disappointed to only see photographs as one of the guys is a painter, but I thought the photographer had a good eye and natural style re graphic layout and image. (My thoughts anyway.)

Am also keen to read the Bend to Baja book mentioned by another reviewer.

Gave it as a present because I thought it was a good book for inspiration and didn't want it wasted, just sitting on my shelf.

(Would have donated it to the local library but have given them both the Bra Boys Autobiography and Mick Fannings and haven't seen either on the shelves, so passed it on to someone who I thought would appreciate it.)

Nice book. Recommended for the right audience.

A great reminder that the opportunity for discovery is always right in reach. Having traveled some of California as a non-native, I'm reminded just how much there is to take in there. It also made me consider that there might just be discoveries up and down the coast outside my back yard. If you have any interest at all in surfing in California, get it.

I have went through this book a few times since I purchased. It is a great book about traveling the coast of California. It gives insight into why the people of California love it there.

I bought this for my husband who was a surfer years ago. He enjoyed the book and I did as well having grown up in California. It reminded me of my teen years spent there; some good memories.

This book brings together two talented adventurers, the story of how they made their dream come true and a excelent selection of pictures from their trip throughout the Californian Coast on their VW Bus.
Good inspirational book.

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:[...].

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!!!