Surfing: The Manual: Advanced
09
Feb
- ISBN13: 9780977556915
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
The definitive guide to surfing from the world’s leading extreme sports publishers, Wavefinder. Never before has such an esteemed assembly of the world’s greatest surfers come together to provide the deepest insights and secrets of surfing for surfers…. More >>
I read through the whole book a few times. I went out to surf and it made things a lot easier because it gave me a concept of what I need to do. When I had trouble with something like dropping in backside, I would look in the book to see what I am doing wrong. It explains a lot of stuff from tides, swells, breaks, techniques, etc. Great buy. No cons to this book. I only got good things out of it.
Rating: 5 / 5
Usefull tips without boring. Surfing is not something I really spend much time reading about. Much for fun to do. Worth reading.
Rating: 5 / 5
Excellent reading and photographs, all manoeuvers carefuly explained by the pros, and Jim Kempton has indeed put a lot of effort to bring out a bit of his knowledge to elicit this manual as top referencing for surfing studies. Besides, great customer service from Wavefinder’s web site.
Rating: 5 / 5
This is a must have for any surfer who wants to improve their technique, and elevate their performance–as well as improve their understanding of the ocean from a surfer’s perspective. My only criticism is that it includes beginner advice, which may have been smart in terms of marketing, but it gets in the way of it being a special addition to a solid surfer’s library.
Rating: 5 / 5
You know what would be really awesome: if you could sit down in one room – picture a classroom on a dune in front of Pipeline or something – with all of the best surfers in the world and ask them, one-by-one, every question that you’d be embarrassed to ask if you met them face-to-face. Like, I don’t know, “Hey Taj – how do you approach a wave at the right angle for a good air?” “And Parko, can you add some pointers on style once I’m up there?” “Or how `bout you Andy – dude, can you stop whispering to your neighbor while others are talking? – yea you: Can you explain why you drag your butt in the wave when you’re backside tube riding?”
Unfortunately that would never happen. (Even if you accomplished the impossible task of getting them in the same room, Flea and Skindog would probably throw stink bombs and run out the back.) But if it did, it would be something like having Jim Kempton’s new book, Surfing The Manual: Advanced. I used to think buying any kind of surfing how-to book, unless it included a map to new breaks, would be a waste time and money. But WaveFinder has broken the mold with this one. They’ve gotten just about every top pro to pitch-in information on what each one of them does best. From Ken Bradshaw explaining why most surfers botch their duck dives (they use their knees or shins instead of their back foot) to Dave Rastovich discussing the nuances of fins-free reentries (it’s all timing apparently), this book is like a bible for everything about surfing that you thought was impossible to explain. I highly recommend it for every surfer.
Rating: 5 / 5
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