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100 Best Surf Spots in the World: The World's Best Breaks For Surfers In Search Of The Perfect Wave (100 Best Series) Paperback – October 1, 2004

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  • Series: 100 Best Series
  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Globe Pequot Press; 1st edition (October 1, 2004)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0762725982
  • ISBN-13: 978-0762725984
  • Product Dimensions: 0.5 x 7.5 x 9.2 inches
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1.0 out of 5 starsDid a real surfer even write this?
By Jim on May 21, 2015
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The worst list I've ever seen. I know it's old and predates most of surfings best discoveries, but still no excuse to have any European spot in here. Basically skips over the U.S., minus a few spots. I bought it as a present for my dad. I think he looked at it once and never picked it up again. Pictures aren't that good either.
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2.0 out of 5 starsVery inaccurate writing
By Alan Clarkson-dodds on December 27, 2009
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I don't normally review stuff, but this one time I had to say something. This book is wildly inaccurate at times, mostly in geography. Simple stuff like saying a break is north of another when it's south. More simple stuff like distances.

There's one entry for Cabo San Lucas that says Todos Santos (the big wave break - not the town) is 60 miles north of Cabo. Well, it's more like 995 miles(!).... that 60 miles is to the town, which is not the big wave spot.

Under Mavericks he says Jeff Hawks rode it alone for years. Even non-surfers know the name Jeff Clark.

I could go on, but you get the point. It's not just a little inaccurate - it's way off base.

Even the photos aren't particularly good - many are badly framed.

I feel like this book was written quickly and without adequate research. Clearly the writer hasn't been to many of these spots, so why write about them without researching them first?

There are far better coffee table surf guides out there.
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4.0 out of 5 starsGreat photography, great guide book
By Spunky Brophy on September 12, 2006
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I've already surfed many of the spots in this book. I really enjoy the simplicity of this book, and I view it as a guidebook that I can use to map out my next surf trip. I particularly enjoy the various quotes from surfers around the world, giving their thoughts on a particular spot. All in all, a good book!
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2.0 out of 5 starsOK, but not always accurate, and not always the best spots.
By Roger McEvilly (the guilty bystander) on November 18, 2005
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This book is not really a collection of the "world's best surf spots", but rather a collection of surf spots that this author (Rod Sumptor) has visited and surfed. It probably has only about a quarter of the world's top 100 surf spots, (eg there is only one wave listed for the entire country of Indonesia-Uluwatu- which country has at least a dozen of the world's best waves). The internet and various magazines and publications have greatly expanded knowledge of the world's best waves, and they show that this book is quite incomplete in this respect. The pictures, descriptions, and general information on the various spots is ok, just not very complete. Each spot area has a 2 page coverage, with reasonable colour pictures, swell info, water temperature, consistency/month, type of break, accomodation, access, travel and other general information.

The coverage of Hawaii (21 spots), and mainland USA (13 spots) are probably the most complete, but there is only 1 spot on the whole of Central America (La Rocca), 2 in South America (one of which-Rio De Janero-is not world class), one in Morocco (Anchor Point), 3 in New Zealand (2 in Raglan and 1 in Piha), one in Indonesia (Uluwatu), one in Western Australia (Ocean Beach), 6 in Africa, 1 in Tahiti, 1 in Fiji (Tavarua island), 1 in Japan, 1 in UAE, and 1 for the Maldives. There is about 18 listed on the east coast of Australia (some of which are not world class), and 3 in Victoria. Europe gets a lobsided 25 spots, many of which surprisingly, are in the UK (11).

Seasoned surf travellers will know that this distribution is not really indicative of the world's best surf spots. A good example is the Mentawais in Indonesia, with no spots described at all, but with at least half a dozen (probably more) of the world's best waves.Read more ›
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