Surfing Australia Complete History of Surfboard Riding in Australia

Author(s): Phil Jarratt

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The definitive guide to Australia's surfing history, published in conjunction with Surfing Australia. Australian surf culture is over a century old, and it still hasn't grown up. From its roots as an illegal pastime to its current incarnation as a professional sport, surfing's enduring appeal has always been the carefree, quintessentially Australian lifestyle that goes with it. Australian surf culture has always had competing impulses of chaos and order. For every Boot Hill Gang there is a Surf Life Saving Association; for every tragic drug disqualification, a World Title winner. From Tommy Tanna, Alick Wickham and Freddie Williams's pioneering surf lifestyles to the hedonism of 1950s beach culture, the Coolangatta Kids of the 1970s, to the eventual professionalised machine that surfing in Australia has now become, this is the complete, no-holds-barred history of both sides of the story. With forewords by Mark Richards and Layne Beachley, Australia's World Champion surfers, this book is the definitive history of surfing in Australia.

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Lavishly illustrated, featuring images spanning the earliest beginnings of surfing in Australia to the current day; Author Phil Jarratt is a well-known figure in the surf community; Covers obscure and forgotten events and figures of surfing as well as the most famous individuals in Australian surfing; Perfect gift for surfers and surf culture enthusiasts; Published and marketed in association with SURFING AUSTRALIA, the peak professional body of competitive surfing in Australia and officially launched with their 50th Anniversary year celebrations and also as part of the launch of 2013 The Year of the Surfer.

General Fields

  • : 9781742700205
  • : Hardie Grant Books
  • : E2
  • : 1.77
  • : June 2012
  • : 304mm X 230mm
  • : Australia
  • : November 2012
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : 304
  • : 1112
  • : BB
  • : Phil Jarratt