Alex Wade

Amazing Surfing Stories (eBook, ePUB)

Tales of Incredible Waves & Remarkable Riders

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This eclectic mix of surfing stories has something for everyone, from classic tales of monster waves and epic battles to stories of when life among the breakers goes wrong. There are accounts of death and disaster, as well as bravery and triumph. The bizarre and the extreme rub shoulders with perfect breaks and beautiful beaches. Be thrilled by legendary surfers, as well as learning about local heroes who never made the headlines. Each compelling tale has been chosen to stoke the fire of armchair surfers and hardcore wave-riders alike, and many are illustrated with colour photographs.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Fernhurst Books Limited
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. September 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781118340202
• Artikelnr.: 44623780

Autorenporträt

Alex Wade is a writer, freelance journalist, media lawyer and lecturer. As well as running the Surf Nation blog, Alex has edited and/or contributed columns and features for many national newspapers and magazines including The Times, The Sunday Times, The Guardian, The Observer, The Independent titles, the FT, The Telegraph, Huck, Wavelength, The Surfer's Path, Flush, Coast and Cornwall Today. In 2009, Alex was short-listed as Sports Feature Writer of the Year in the Sports Journalists' Association's awards and he has sat on various occasions as a judge for Coast's annual awards. He was the first UK writer to cover surfing in serious depth for a national newspaper. Alex has travelled the globe extensively in search of the biggest waves and best breaks. He has written about surf breaks from Hawaii and Costa Rica to France and Portugal. Despite a restless life he thinks he has found paradise in West Penwith, Cornwall, UK, where he surfs all year round.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface xi Part One Going to Extremes Child's Play? Definitely Not 3 Hold
Down 7 Surviving the Atom Blaster 12 Oh My God (Take 1) 18 Size Matters 23
Part Two Tragic Tales In Memory of Andy Irons 31 Veitch: RIP 36 QED 40 The
Peterson Problem 44 Part Three When the Big Stuff Bites A Bite out of Burle
51 People in Car Crashes Don't Stop Driving 55 Bare Hands and Bombs 59 The
White Zone 66 Part Four Gonzo Interlude Being Dave Rastovich 75 A Thrust
Too Far 87 Do You Know Russell Winter? 92 Four Surfers and a Painting 98
Part Five Contests and Communities Higher than a High Five 105 Black Clouds
and Bellyboards 109 Bad Boy Bobby and the New York Quiksilver Pro 114 The
Big M 120 Lord Thurso, Cool in Caithness 123 A Debt at Dungeons 126 After
Rio Breaks 133 Part Six Worldwide Waves Seven Ghosts 139 Hokkaido - The
Rights of Passage 145 1,300 Miles for a Wave 150 Ed's Left, aka the Spot
with No Name 153 Loco on Lobos 157 The Lady in the Emerald Green Bathing
Dress 162 Purring thanks to 'Da Cat' 168 Part Seven Obsession Peg Leg Rik
175 Soldiers Get Stoked 179 The Daily Wavester 182 The Amazing Mr Slater
186 Part Eight Inspiration Stoked 193 Colonel 'Mad Jack' Churchill 195 OMG
(Take 2) 199 Dr Sarah and the Meaning of Surfing 204 Acknowledgements 208

Rezensionen

'Expect an exhilarating ride alongside surfing legends.' -- Coast, September 2012

'With tales of monster waves, deadly sharks and perfect breaks, this book alone gets every surfer stoked - even if there isn't a wave in the sea' -- Cornwall Today, December 2012

'Entertainingly written and painstakingly researched there's something for everyone' -- Carve Surfing, February 2013