Surf Book (Hardcover)

~ Joel Tudor (Author), (Photographer)

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Product Description

The remarkable characters who color surfing's past and present. This portrait, in lavish photographs and fascinating stories, chronicles a pantheon of living surf maestros from the historic and contemporary surfing communities: * surf champions * master board builders * underground cult figures This photographic surf journey led from La Jolla to the North Shore; from Malibu to Oregon; and from Noosa Heads to Windan Sea -- led by a popular surf personality and a leg endary celebrity photographer.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 239 pages
• Publisher: Channel Photographics (August 30, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 097440294X
• ISBN-13: 978-0974402949
• Product Dimensions: 11.7 x 9.8 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #802,743 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars TERRIBLE !!!!!!!!!!, September 29, 2005

By	G. Brind (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I surf a lot (4 times per week) all over San Diego and thought since it is called Surf Book and Joel Tudor is a great local surfer. I thought this book would have lots of surf pics, but it just has pics of classic surfers just bumming about, not even surfing or near a beach !!! To top it off it has pics of Jerry Lopez snowboarding...... I think out of 200 pages there must be about 5 pics of surfing. I RETURNED this book which cost me $41 I paid, and I got just $16 back. However I would rather have lost the money than have this TERRIBLE book... :o( Find another surf book.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Too hyped i think !!, September 26, 2005

By	S. O. DRISCOLL "Shaneface" (Ireland) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Great cover shot and from previous reviews i thought it would
be full of some great obscure and different photos but alas no..
It is largely a book of portraits of surfing greats but not many of actual surf. i thought it would be like thomas campbells stuff but it wasnt.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars surfbook, September 14, 2005

By	Hayes H. Ruggiero (ca) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

no text to explain why these pictures are surf related. hardly any actual surfing pics at all.