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Papersurfer

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This "book" was very short. Basically a published diary/blog. It isn't really cohesive, just random dated entries about a beginner starting surfing written sarcastically with British humor telling you the wrong things to do when staring out surfing. I read it in about 30 minutes. It really wasn't worth it for me.

A funny and insightful look into the somewhat ridiculous mind of the middle aged man. Told through the guise of surf lessons it pokes fun at the world and culture of surfing in a sharp and humorous way.

An excellent read - I thoroughly recommend it to anybody wanting to know more about either of these things (men and surfing)...

Penfold Crockett's "Papersurfer" is an engaging, ironic take on surfing. It made me smile, and even though I'm not a laugh out loud sort of person I did that too - several times! If you're a novice surfer, if you're having a mid-life crisis or if you're married to some one in the throes of one, or none of the above, it's funny, easily digestible and has some very nice illustrations. I'm not a surfer, not in crisis [at the time of writing] but having watched the antics of these strange semi-marine beings, apparently intent on self destruction, on many a long afternoon at the beach, I can say that I've observed a lot of the behaviour talked about here. I would also say there's some good common sense advice in here for a real surfing person!