The World Stormrider Guide Volume 1 [Paperback]

Bruce Sutherland (Editor)

Book Description

Series: Stormrider | Publication Date: June 1, 2001

Information on where and when to surf plus pollution, erosion, hazards, access are covered in all the guides together with surf culture illuminating the history, surf media, contests and localism of the best surf spots around the world

Editorial Reviews

Review

As we've all come to expect from Low Pressure, it's authoritative, crisp and accurate. -- Scott Hulet - The Surfers Journal

I cannot believe how good it is. -- Chris Evans - Surfrider Foundation

I have a copy of the The World Stormrider Guide on my desk. Best book I've ever bought. -- Marc Beatty - Surfing Magazine

You better have your frequent flyer miles and Amex card ready because the World Stormrider Guide is out. --Will Pennartz -Surfer Magazine

From the Publisher

* The first and only guide to the worlds best surfing areas
* High quality design with colour road atlas style maps and superb photography
* Integrated text, symbols and maps contain crucial, otherwise unavailable information
* Sells to all ages, levels and types of surf enthusiasts
* Reference book format means that the guide is constantly read over and over again
* Follows on from the foundation reference book for the European surfing community, a proven world-wide favourite over 9 years

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Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Low Pressure Pub (June 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0953984001
• ISBN-13: 978-0953984008
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #655,827 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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More About the Author

Low Pressure is and always has been a company devoted to surf and travel. Expanding horizons and highlighting the potential of a world of waves is the whole point of our business. We have all been lucky enough to experience a huge diversity of waves, people and cultures on our own personal travels, so sharing the stoke of discovery seems to be the right thing to do.

The Stormrider Guides have been the end product of this devotion. They are very slow to produce... sometimes too slow, but this is simply because we do not want to put out anything that is slapped together to make a quick buck.....we surf and travel and we know what we want to see in a book. So far this seems to have worked as our Stormrider books are the best selling and best known surf guides in the world.

It's always difficult to get the balance right with a surf guide. Often considered a taboo subject we have done everything we possibly can to give accurate and comprehensive information without taking away the thrill of discovery. In order to do this, all our information is contributed by and double checked by local riders. If you feel we've crossed the line please contact us and give us your constructive criticism.

While presenting the surf info we try to remove opinion and personalities from the books to leave the hard and fast facts. The stars of The Stormrider Guides are the waves themselves...all we do is try to present them in a clear and consistent fashion. One surfer's 5 star wave is another surfer's nightmare. The style is adapted to this approach - it is only a guide....you do the rest.

Bruce Sutherland is a director of Low Pressure, the Publishing Editor of The Stormrider Surf Guide series of books and has 35 years extensive experience of surfing and travelling.
Contributions also come from the Low Pressure team of Ollie Fitzjones and Dan Haylock, as well as numerous respected surf journalists including Antony Colas, who has travelled across the world, surfing in over 55 countries.

Customer Reviews

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27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Best Published Surf Spots, July 24, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: The World Stormrider Guide Volume 1 (Paperback)

Given that I'm an avid surfer/traveller, I decided to educate myself on surf spots outside of the United States when I began forays into the surf beyond the west coast of the United States. I purchased Surfer Magazine's set of global surf guides as well as other guidebooks as well. My first encounter with the Stormrider Surf Guide series was with my purchase of the Stormrider Guide to Europe about three years ago. Finding the Stormrider Surf Guide to Europe infinitely helpful -- I surfed some of the most amazing spots that were revealed by the guidebook in France, Spain and Portugal -- I decided to purchase the Stormrider Surf Guide to the World when I discovered that its release.

The World book is obviously not as detailed as its Europe counterpart. Given that the former covers EVERYWHERE and the latter focuses on a specific continent (and its outlying islands), the World book cannot afford to give you as much in-depth information as the Europe book did -- otherwise it would contain more volumes than the collected words of Winston Churchill.

This being said, the World book is extremely helpful in locating the general spots of the world that would pique any travelling surfer's interest. The photos, charts, diagrams and insider-information makes surfing in a foreign country less stressful and more enjoyable.

Again, as the title of this review suggests, the World book does indeed do a wonderful job of providing in-depth information on the more popular (hence, "best") published surf spots around the globe. If you wish to find the "secret spots" that "go off" you'll need to spend more time in wherever faraway land you've decided to surf. Get a chance to meet the locals, enjoy the spots you surf at and hide this book underneath the seat of your rental car. The Stormrider Guide to the World is your best bet to finding fun waves in foreign places.

Take care and don't forget your passport.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good Overview, July 27, 2004

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R. Rivera "bakuninpr" (Santa Barbara, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The World Stormrider Guide Volume 1 (Paperback)

Cheers to the author for coming up with the first world wide surf guide book. The book includes helpful info on forecasting, how waves are created, and of course worldwide wave hotspots. It will be interesting to see a second edition of it since there are mistakes in the book. For example, for some areas the charts for best time of year to surf are off, to mention one Puerto Rico's. Also breaks are referred to by the wrong name sometimes and even the by month temperatures seem off (i.e Californias). I was eager to buy the book but once I saw the mistakes I decided to wait for maybe a corrected second edition. I recommend to the author that he researches the "hot spots" a bit more carefully. Also just for the sake of adventure a section discussing the potential of discovery around the world would be interesting to see, say the potential around the South Pacific, or Africa for new waves to be discovered. The book may work as a good beginners guide to where the waves are, but for a specific surf trip a more descriptive and more accurate guide would be invaluable.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A complete and beautifuk guide to any surfer, October 24, 2009

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Lionel (France) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The World Stormrider Guide Volume 1 (Paperback)

You will find anythin' in here : waves theory, advices, spots with maps and directions, meteo, A-ny-thing.
Not all of it is always useful (because you can't travel through all the countries...) But the surfing possibilities that are described in here will be enough to fill anyone's surfing life!