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Dangerous Fun - The Social Lives of Big Wave Surfers (Paperback): Ugo Corte Dangerous Fun - The Social Lives of Big Wave Surfers (Paperback)
Ugo Corte
R770 Discovery Miles 7 700 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

A thrilling ethnography of big wave surfing in Hawaii that explores the sociology of fun. Straight from the beaches of Hawaii comes an exciting new ethnography of a community of big-wave surfers. Oahu's Waimea Bay attracts the world's best big wave surfers-men and women who come to test their physical strength, courage, style, knowledge of the water, and love of the ocean. Sociologist Ugo Corte sees their fun as the outcome of social interaction within a community. Both as participant and observer, he examines how mentors, novices, and peers interact to create episodes of collective fun in a dangerous setting; how they push one another's limits, nourish a lifestyle, advance the sport and, in some cases, make a living based on their passion for the sport. In Dangerous Fun, Corte traces how surfers earn and maintain a reputation within the field, and how, as innovations are introduced, and as they progress, establish themselves and age, they modify their strategies for maximizing performance and limiting chances of failure. Corte argues that fun is a social phenomenon, a pathway to solidarity rooted in the delight in actualizing the self within a social world. It is a form of group cohesion achieved through shared participation in risky interactions with uncertain outcomes. Ultimately, Corte provides an understanding of collective effervescence, emotional energy, and the interaction rituals leading to fateful moments-moments of decision that, once made, transform one's self-concept irrevocably.

Surfing coloring book - retro surf vintage van life, surfing board, ocean waves, surfing lifestyle coloring book for all ages... Surfing coloring book - retro surf vintage van life, surfing board, ocean waves, surfing lifestyle coloring book for all ages (Paperback)
Flowy Arts
R172 Discovery Miles 1 720 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Surf Travel - The Complete Guide (Paperback, 2nd edition): Roger Sharp Surf Travel - The Complete Guide (Paperback, 2nd edition)
Roger Sharp
R360 R281 Discovery Miles 2 810 Save R79 (22%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Surf Travel is an illustrated guide to the planet's most thrilling surf destinations. From classic surf destinations like Hawaii to less well known areas like Madagascar, the best breaks in each region are described by a team of experienced travelers with all the inside info. Packed with stunning photos, practical advice and up-to-date information, Surf Travel is the essential travel guide for surfers of all ages and abilities.

Women on Waves - A Cultural History of Surfing: From Ancient Goddesses and Hawaiian Queens to Malibu Movie Stars and Millennial... Women on Waves - A Cultural History of Surfing: From Ancient Goddesses and Hawaiian Queens to Malibu Movie Stars and Millennial Champions (Paperback)
Jim Kempton
R347 Discovery Miles 3 470 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A captivating look at two centuries of surfing-"the Sport of Queens"-from Native Hawaiian royalty to the breakout style and jaw-dropping feats on the waves today. Few subjects in the world of sports and or the outdoors is more timely or compelling than women's surfing. From smart, strong, fearless women shattering records on 80-foot waves to professional athletes fighting for equal pay and a more fair and just playing field, these amazing, wave-riding warriors provide an inspirational and aspirational cast of powerful role models for women (and men) across all backgrounds and generations. Over the past two-hundred years, and especially the past five decades, the surfing lifestyle have become the envy of people around the world. The perception of sun, sand, surf, strong young women and their inimitable style, has created a booming lifestyle and sports industry-and the sport that is set to make its Olympic exhibition debut in Tokyo 2021. A massive shift from when colonizers tried to extinguish all traces of Native Hawaiian surfing and its sacred culture. What is it about the surfing that intrigues people of all ages, from all corners of the world? The beaches and idyllic locations? The unique style and mystique that surfers project? These women, on the beach and riding giant waves, or in the media, have made their mark on not just their sport, but our wider culture. Women on Waves is filled with phenomenal athletic performance, breakthrough female achievements, and plenty of inspiration and fun to see us through until the time when we can all hit the surf once more! Spanning a millennia from Hawaii to Malibu, New York to Australia, South Africa to the South Pacific and beyond, Jim Kempton presents a fascinating new narrative that will captivate anyone who loves sports and the outdoors.

The Average Surfer's Guide - To Travel, Waves and Progression (Paperback): Simon Short The Average Surfer's Guide - To Travel, Waves and Progression (Paperback)
Simon Short
R319 Discovery Miles 3 190 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Fisherman's Son - The Spirit of Ramon Navarro (Paperback): Chris Malloy The Fisherman's Son - The Spirit of Ramon Navarro (Paperback)
Chris Malloy
R384 Discovery Miles 3 840 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Ramon Navarro, a third-generation subsistence fisherman and farmer who lives on the coast of Chile at Punta Lobos, learned to surf on a busted surfboard left by a visiting surfer. Since then he has become one of the top-ten big wave riders. He has used his surfing accomplishments to protect his home break, and he is admired around the world as an environmental activist: he fights resort development on the point, the building of pulp mills along on the coast, and sewage pipes that pollute the ocean off Pichilemu. Editor Chris Malloy created the film and book The Fisherman's Son, which focuses on Ramon's rise to big wave fame and how Ramon is using that notoriety to make his voice heard on activism issues. Contributors to the book include Gerry Lopez, Josh Berry, and Jack Johnson. Part of the proceeds to the book and film will be used to support Ramon's environmental efforts.

She Surf - The Rise of Female Surfing (Hardcover): Lauren L Hill, Gestalten She Surf - The Rise of Female Surfing (Hardcover)
Lauren L Hill, Gestalten
R946 R773 Discovery Miles 7 730 Save R173 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Reef Smart Guides Florida: Palm Beach - Scuba Dive. Snorkel. Surf. (Some of the Best Diving Spots in Florida) (Paperback):... Reef Smart Guides Florida: Palm Beach - Scuba Dive. Snorkel. Surf. (Some of the Best Diving Spots in Florida) (Paperback)
Peter Mcdougall, Ian Popple, Otto Wagner
R856 Discovery Miles 8 560 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Definitive Guide to Scuba Diving and Snorkeling in Palm Beach "This is what divers want. A mapping style and key information presented in a way that really prepares you for each dive site. I expect this book will be the tool that dive shops give to their new divemasters to learn all of the top dive sites quickly." Ocean Frontiers #1 New Release in Scuba Travel Guides For Lonely Planet fans comes a unique and essential scuba, snorkel, and surf travel guide. A great Florida travel book. The detailed descriptions and illustrations of beaches, coral reefs, shipwrecks, and other dive spots are ideal for divers, snorkelers, kitesurfers and windsurfers. This guidebook will help you make the most of your time in the city and in the water. Detailed descriptions and map art. Reef Smart catalogues the beaches, surf spots, and dive and snorkel sites in Palm Beach. With the help of Reef Smart's unique 3D-mapping technology, learn all you need to know about the regions' top dive and snorkel sites. These maps provide useful information such as depths, currents, waves, suggested routes, potential hazards, unique structures and species information. Don't go diving without it. This indispensable resource will help you plan and execute dives without a hitch. Make sure to pack this guidebook with the rest of your scuba gear. This guidebook provides: The best locations for diving, snorkeling and surfing, and how to access them Detailed 3D maps, graphics and information to help you plan your time in and out of the water Species guide to help you identify and understand the marine creatures you'll encounter And much more! A unique and comprehensive SCUBA diving book. Also look for Reef Smart Guides Florida: Fort Lauderdale, Pompano Beach and Deerfield Beach; Reef Smart Guides Barbados; and the best selling Reef Smart Guides Bonaire.

Advanced Surf Fitness For High Performance Surfing - The Ultimate Guide For Surfers Of All Levels (Paperback): Lee Stanbury Advanced Surf Fitness For High Performance Surfing - The Ultimate Guide For Surfers Of All Levels (Paperback)
Lee Stanbury
R613 R539 Discovery Miles 5 390 Save R74 (12%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Aimed at surfers of all ages and abilities, Advanced Surf Fitness for High Performance Surfing offers a complete training package designed to take your surfing to the next level.

The book includes a series of training programs that target the different muscle groups used in surfing, from paddling to all the different maneuvers. The book also includes sections about swimming and cardio regimes, as well as psychology and nutrition.

Advanced Surf Fitness for High Performance Surfing is the follow-up to the best-selling Complete Guide to Surf Fitness.

Surf Culture (Paperback): Brody Neil Surf Culture (Paperback)
Brody Neil
R568 Discovery Miles 5 680 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Waterman - The Life and Times of Duke Kahanamoku (Hardcover): David Davis Waterman - The Life and Times of Duke Kahanamoku (Hardcover)
David Davis
R937 R781 Discovery Miles 7 810 Save R156 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Waterman is the first comprehensive biography of Duke Kahanamoku (1890-1968): swimmer, surfer, Olympic gold medalist, Hawaiian icon, waterman. Long before Michael Phelps and Mark Spitz made their splashes in the pool, Kahanamoku emerged from the backwaters of Waikiki to become America's first superstar Olympic swimmer. The original "human fish" set dozens of world records and topped the world rankings for more than a decade; his rivalry with Johnny Weissmuller transformed competitive swimming from an insignificant sideshow into a headliner event. Kahanamoku used his Olympic renown to introduce the sport of "surf-riding," an activity unknown beyond the Hawaiian Islands, to the world. Standing proudly on his traditional wooden longboard, he spread surfing from Australia to the Hollywood crowd in California to New Jersey. No American athlete has influenced two sports as profoundly as Kahanamoku did, and yet he remains an enigmatic and underappreciated figure: a dark-skinned Pacific Islander who encountered and overcame racism and ignorance long before the likes of Joe Louis, Jesse Owens, and Jackie Robinson. Kahanamoku's connection to his homeland was equally important. He was born when Hawaii was an independent kingdom; he served as the sheriff of Honolulu during Pearl Harbor and World War II and as a globetrotting "Ambassador of Aloha" afterward; he died not long after Hawaii attained statehood. As one sportswriter put it, Duke was "Babe Ruth and Jack Dempsey combined down here." In Waterman, award-winning journalist David Davis examines the remarkable life of Duke Kahanamoku, in and out of the water.

Desktop Surfing - With Gnarly Tunes! (Paperback): Alan Goldsher Desktop Surfing - With Gnarly Tunes! (Paperback)
Alan Goldsher
R241 Discovery Miles 2 410 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Grab your board, test your skills and balance on this "mini" wave while retro surf rock plays in the background, all from the comfort of your desk. But -- watch out! -- if you lose your balance and wipe-out you'll have to do the swim of shame back to shore. This kit includes: A balancing wave with three different surf rock songs A finger surfboard Customisable surfboard stickersA 48-page book, with surfboard tricks, fun facts and trivia

The Critical Surf Studies Reader (Paperback): Dexter Zavalza Hough-Snee, Alexander Sotelo Eastman The Critical Surf Studies Reader (Paperback)
Dexter Zavalza Hough-Snee, Alexander Sotelo Eastman
R843 R728 Discovery Miles 7 280 Save R115 (14%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The evolution of surfing-from the first forms of wave-riding in Oceania, Africa, and the Americas to the inauguration of surfing as a competitive sport at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics-traverses the age of empire, the rise of globalization, and the onset of the digital age, taking on new meanings at each juncture. As corporations have sought to promote surfing as a lifestyle and leisure enterprise, the sport has also narrated its own epic myths that place North America at the center of surf culture and relegate Hawai'i and other indigenous surfing cultures to the margins. The Critical Surf Studies Reader brings together eighteen interdisciplinary essays that explore surfing's history and development as a practice embedded in complex and sometimes oppositional social, political, economic, and cultural relations. Refocusing the history and culture of surfing, this volume pays particular attention to reclaiming the roles that women, indigenous peoples, and people of color have played in surfing. Contributors. Douglas Booth, Peter Brosius, Robin Canniford, Krista Comer, Kevin Dawson, Clifton Evers, Chris Gibson, Dina Gilio-Whitaker, Dexter Zavalza Hough-Snee, Scott Laderman, Kristin Lawler, lisahunter, Colleen McGloin, Patrick Moser, Tara Ruttenberg, Cori Schumacher, Alexander Sotelo Eastman, Glen Thompson, Isaiah Helekunihi Walker, Andrew Warren, Belinda Wheaton

The Surfer's Guide to Baja (Paperback): Mike Parise The Surfer's Guide to Baja (Paperback)
Mike Parise
R465 Discovery Miles 4 650 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The original and still most detailed guide book for surfers heading to Mexico's surf-packed Baja peninsula. This guide features over 120 surf spots, including the legendary points, reefs, beachbreaks and even islands. From Tijuana to Cabo San Lucas and around to the East Cape, with surf maps, surf travel tips, wave height chart, tips on when to surf where, accommodations and more. Created in the same style as the very popular THE SURFER'S GUIDE TO COSTA RICA & SW NICARAGUA as it's written by the same author. There is no better guide for surfers heading to Baja.

The Wave - In Pursuit of the Oceans' Greatest Furies (Paperback): Susan Casey The Wave - In Pursuit of the Oceans' Greatest Furies (Paperback)
Susan Casey 1
R320 R250 Discovery Miles 2 500 Save R70 (22%) In Stock

A "New York Times "Notable Book
A "San Francisco Chronicle "Best Book of the Year
In her astonishing new book Susan Casey captures colossal, ship-swallowing waves, and the surfers and scientists who seek them out.
For legendary surfer Laird Hamilton, hundred foot waves represent the ultimate challenge. As Susan Casey travels the globe, hunting these monsters of the ocean with Hamilton's crew, she witnesses first-hand the life or death stakes, the glory, and the mystery of impossibly mammoth waves. Yet for the scientists who study them, these waves represent something truly scary brewing in the planet's waters. With inexorable verve, "The Wave "brilliantly portrays human beings confronting nature at its most ferocious.

Surf Shack - Laid-Back Living by the Water (Hardcover): Nina Freudenberger Surf Shack - Laid-Back Living by the Water (Hardcover)
Nina Freudenberger; Photographs by Brittany Ambridge; Heather Summerville
R1,029 R828 Discovery Miles 8 280 Save R201 (20%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Vintage Journal Surfers Paddling, Manhattan Beach (Paperback): Found Image Press The Vintage Journal Surfers Paddling, Manhattan Beach (Paperback)
Found Image Press
R232 R191 Discovery Miles 1 910 Save R41 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Vintage Journal Surfers, Huntington Beach, California (Paperback): Found Image Press The Vintage Journal Surfers, Huntington Beach, California (Paperback)
Found Image Press
R232 R191 Discovery Miles 1 910 Save R41 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Vintage Journal Aerial View of Surfers with Colorful Boards, California (Paperback): Found Image Press The Vintage Journal Aerial View of Surfers with Colorful Boards, California (Paperback)
Found Image Press
R232 R191 Discovery Miles 1 910 Save R41 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Vintage Journal Blonde Woman with Tall Surfboard, California (Paperback): Found Image Press The Vintage Journal Blonde Woman with Tall Surfboard, California (Paperback)
Found Image Press
R232 R191 Discovery Miles 1 910 Save R41 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Waterman - The Life and Times of Duke Kahanamoku (Paperback): David Davis Waterman - The Life and Times of Duke Kahanamoku (Paperback)
David Davis
R583 R500 Discovery Miles 5 000 Save R83 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Waterman is the first comprehensive biography of Duke Kahanamoku (1890-1968): swimmer, surfer, Olympic gold medalist, Hawaiian icon, waterman. Long before Michael Phelps and Mark Spitz made their splashes in the pool, Kahanamoku emerged from the backwaters of Waikiki to become America's first superstar Olympic swimmer. The original "human fish" set dozens of world records and topped the world rankings for more than a decade. Kahanamoku used his Olympic renown to introduce the sport of "surf-riding," an activity unknown beyond the Hawaiian Islands, to the world. No American athlete has influenced two sports as profoundly as Kahanamoku did, and yet he remains an enigmatic and underappreciated figure: a dark-skinned Pacific Islander who encountered and overcame racism and ignorance long before the likes of Joe Louis, Jesse Owens, and Jackie Robinson. Kahanamoku's connection to his homeland was equally important. He was born when Hawaii was an independent kingdom; he served as the sheriff of Honolulu during Pearl Harbor and World War II and as a globetrotting "Ambassador of Aloha" afterward. In Waterman award-winning journalist David Davis examines the remarkable life of Duke Kahanamoku, in and out of the water.

surfing coloring book - surfing board, ocean waves and summer beach vibes, wild surf lifestyle (Paperback): Flowy Arts surfing coloring book - surfing board, ocean waves and summer beach vibes, wild surf lifestyle (Paperback)
Flowy Arts
R172 Discovery Miles 1 720 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
surfing lifestyle coloring book - waves surfing trip, surfing board, ocean waves, suneset van life aloha vibes (Paperback):... surfing lifestyle coloring book - waves surfing trip, surfing board, ocean waves, suneset van life aloha vibes (Paperback)
Flowy Arts
R172 Discovery Miles 1 720 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Surf Coloring Book - Stress Relieving Patterns Surfing Activities Coloring Book for Adults Relaxation - Funny Gifts for Water... Surf Coloring Book - Stress Relieving Patterns Surfing Activities Coloring Book for Adults Relaxation - Funny Gifts for Water Sports Lover Men Women, Surfing Activity Book for Grown-ups (Paperback)
Inkworks Publications
R185 Discovery Miles 1 850 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Fishers and Surfers of Mother Ocean (Paperback): Ricardo M Sabogal-Suji The Fishers and Surfers of Mother Ocean (Paperback)
Ricardo M Sabogal-Suji
R206 Discovery Miles 2 060 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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