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Jaws Maui (Hardcover)

~ Max Blue (Author, Photographer), Charlie Lyon (Author), Leslie Lyon (Photographer)
Key Phrases: jet ski, Laird Hamilton, Dave Kalama, Mark Angulo (more...)
4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)

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Jaws Maui is much more than bonzai surfers defying gravity on moving walls of blue. It is the photography of Blue Max, whose colorful, full-paged shots juxtapose landscape and seascape, faunal quietude vs. rolling thunder. And it is the words of the wave riders themselves, waxing their boards poetic about the beauty of the island, surfculture, and the spirit that relentlessly calls them to the water. This stirring salute to a place called Jaws on the island of Maui is a must for anyone ever wowed by the waves.--D.G. McDonald


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This dramatic picture book tries to convey the roaring, adrenalized experience of riding the largest waves ever surfed, giant swells found off a Maui reef called "Jaws." For decades, surfers stared helplessly at Jaws's rises, which can exceed 50' and roll in too quickly for human paddling. Then, four years ago, a quartet of the sport's best tried having a jet ski tow them just ahead of the wave. Unlike Philippe Cariou's artier portrait book, Surfers (LJ 3/15/98), this tells a visual adventure story, and if the photographic scale seems all off, there is a scary reason: the difference between these and what used to be considered a peak surfing wave is like Everest vs. McKinley. Photographer McFeeley (a.k.a. Blue Max) shot much of the crashing action from a helicopter. The reader needn't be a surfer to enjoy these startling photos. In each scene, a tiny saddle-colored guy stands on a board while unfathomable tonnage curls angrily above his head. The occasional text consists mostly of the surfers' own awestruck words. Recommended for photography and sports collections. [This book will be excerpted in December's National Geographic.?Ed.]?Nathan Ward, "Library Journal.
-?Nathan Ward, "Library Journal"
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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  • Hardcover: 227 pages
  • Publisher: Jaws Maui; 1 edition (October 1997)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0965898601
  • ISBN-13: 978-0965898607
  • Product Dimensions: 13.6 x 10 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 4 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #742,922 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Jaws > Mother Nature's Wave Pool, December 22, 1999
By Jim Mellanis (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews
If anyone out there either surfs or enjoy's Surfing as a way of life, this book is for you! Go out there and purchase this book! Jaws is more than a book, the colourful pages come alive in front of you, looking at Laird Hamilton coming down the faces of massive 50+foot surf, it's like your right there below him (holding the camera) Blue Max did an amazing job of illustrating these waves for us, I was lucky enough to have visited Maui, for others out there, what are you waiting for..? Killer Waves..Best Surfers in the world.. see it all..? or save your money and buy this book

aloha Jim Mellanis :-)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Magnificent and truly extraordinary. A very special book., February 4, 1999
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I cannot begin to describe my appreciation for this book. It goes far beyond an expose of dramatic photographs of surfing in a giant break. JAWS is about spirit and soul. It's about fantasy and deathly reality. And it's about meaning. I find myself just flipping through from time to time, and the next thing I know, hours have passed. Buy this book and you'll understand.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Must-Read, not just a Must-See., May 13, 1999
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Jaw Maui has much more to offer than your average coffee-table book. It is an incredible blending of inspirational writing and insightful interviews with the watermen themselves. Charlie & Leslie Lyon have done a great job letting us in on the inner workings of these accomplished athletes. Everyone that visits us gets a chance to read Jaws, and has come away mightily impressed (and longing for a trip to Maui!).
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5.0 out of 5 stars Page after page of the most beautiful blue water you have ever seen.
I bought this book as a Christmas gift for my boyfriend. It beautifully portrays two of his most favorite things, surfing and Maui. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars ~"He's doing this for entirely different reasons"
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