High Surf: The World's Most Inspiring Surfers [Import] [Paperback]

Tim Baker (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd (February 29, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0732284864
• ISBN-13: 978-0732284862
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 5.9 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,653,182 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Tim Baker is the best-selling author of numerous books on surfing, including "Bustin' Down The Door," (Harper Collins, 1996), "High Surf" (Harper Collins, 2007) and "Occy" (Random House, 2008). His latest book 'Surfari,' (Random House, 2011) is based on the great family surfing road trip around Australia. He has twice won the Surfing Australia Hall of Fame Culture Award and been nominated for the CUB Australian Sports Writing Awards. He is a former editor of Tracks and Surfing Life magazines, and former editorial director of Morrison Media Services. His work has appeared in Rolling Stone, the Sydney Morning Herald, the Australian Financial Review, the Bulletin, Inside Sport, Playboy, GQ, the Surfers Journal, Qantas - the Australian Way, as well as surfing magazines around the world. He is currently a senior contributor to Surfing World, Coastalwatch, Surfer's Path (UK), the Surfers Journal and US Surfing and Surfer magazines. At 46, he has worked in the media and surfing magazines for 25 years and has surfed and travelled throughout Australia, Indonesia, Hawaii, Central and South America, North America, Europe, South Africa, Fiji, Tahiti, and Sri Lanka. He lives in Currumbin, Queensland, with his wife and two children.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars awesome book, June 28, 2011

By 

tyler johnston - See all my reviews

This review is from: High Surf: The World's Most Inspiring Surfers (Kindle Edition)

this book makes you rethink why you started surfing to begin with. interestingly explores the essence of the sport and way of life. highly recommended for both surfers and non surfers.

5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible!, December 6, 2010

By 

Glenn Sakamoto (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: High Surf: The World's Most Inspiring Surfers (Kindle Edition)

Tim Baker is an amazing writer and having been in the surf industry for years, he interviews the top performers in the lifestyle/sport. This is a must have for any serious surfer.

5.0 out of 5 stars Pure Surf Wisdom, May 10, 2009

By 

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

This review is from: High Surf: The World's Most Inspiring Surfers (Paperback)

There's an exquisite exhilaration in finding a writer you can really learn something from. We spend so much time reading information that's devoid of wisdom. We're information junkies. Information is important, but wisdom is more important - and also more rare. I was blessed to come into contact with Tim Baker's High Surfrecently, a very wise compilation of Baker's profiles of the most intriguing modern surf personalities, from Kelly Slater to Tim Winton to Dave Rastovich, and many more. With my own deadlines looming, I can't write a worthy review at the moment, but even better than anything I could say about the book, check out this short graph below from the introduction. It's just a taste of how Baker will make you look at wave riding -- and life -- in an entirely new light.

"Modern quantum physics and ancient mysticism alike tell us that all life is made up of waves - light waves, sound waves, radio waves. Even physical matter, that which appears solid, is little more than a field of energy, vibrating at a certain frequency. Waves. The ocean surf we ride is the only form of energy in which wave energy can be experienced on a human scale. The waves most of us surf are, on average around head high. They move about as fast as we can run or paddle a surfboard. In many ways, they can push us close to, or beyond, the limits of our endurance, taking us to our edge, in an intensely physical, spontaneous, non-negotiable exchange. Perhaps, through our interaction with them, we can come to understand much about he nature of wave energy, how to use it to propel us forwards, how to dance amid its awesome power, and how to avoid its potentially destructive force."

By Jaimal Yogis, Saltwater Buddha: A Surfer's Quest to Find Zen on the Sea