Surfing-A Beginners Manual  
by Wayne Alderson

A complete guide to surfing including where to surf, when to surf and how to surf safely. This book also covers progressive manoeuvres. Other subjects covered are surfboard design, care, and repair.

£11.99

Above The Roar  

This book contains 50 interviews. Sounds average you may say...well no actually: Its written by Matt Warshaw for starters and the interviews are with 50 of the most respected surfers on the planet that are still alive. The interviews range from yesterday’s legends such as Phil Edwards, Mickey Munoz and Fred Hemmings to heroes from not so long ago including Tom Curren, Tom Carrol and Mark Richards. The book then takes you bang up to date with interviews from Kelly Slater, Rob Machado and Joel Tudor. A great read and every one of the 50 is worth your time.

£19.99

Da Bull – Life Over The Edge
By Greg Noll & Andrea Gabbard

No one has ever ridden a bigger wave than Greg Noll did at Makaha in 1969. This book covers Noll's story with recollections from the biggest names in surfing, such as Peter Cole, Buffalo Keaulana, Ricky Grigg, Dale Velzy and many more. Noll challenges anyone who wants to know what the life of a big wave surfer is really like to "get a board and paddle out there, point your board down the face of a grinder and make the commitment. That's where you find the truth." Or… you can just read this book.

£16.99

Atlas of Australian Surfing

£15.99

Ding Repair Scriptures  
By George Colendich

This book is completely cross referenced for easy use and understanding. You'll find everything broken down into step by step format, with pages and pages of detailed illustrations. There are answers to all your ding repair problems and at less than the cost of a single ding would cost to be done professionally. Want to keep your stick in the water? Buy this and your problems are solved.

£7.99

Dogs of Winter
By Kem Nunn

The search for the perfect wave becomes a quest for survival, as events lead inevitably to their final, tragic climax.
Fiction.

£9.99

Eddie Would Go

£7.99

Girl In The Curl
By Andrea Gibbard

Enjoyable to read and visually spectacular, Girl in the Curl captures the thrill, beauty, and soulfulness of surfing from the unique perspective of women.

£22.99

Surfing - A History of the Ancient Hawaiian Sport  

In this book the history of surfing is traced from ancient times through the mid 1960's, by which time the sport had become an international passion. This newly revised edition of the classic first published in 1966 features extensive photographs and illustrations and follows the surfing timeline from the earliest legends and accounts of surfing around the world to the accomplishments of twentieth century heroes such as Duke Kahanamoku.

£19.99

Longboarder's Start Up

In the first half of this book the basics of longboard equipment, wave selection, courtesy, and surfing technique are covered. In the second half the book covers intermediate and advanced longboarding skills including; cross-stepping and trimming, turning and turning manoeuvres, crucial noseriding and finally, some of the breathtaking tricks that pros execute so flawlessly.

£9.99

Mavericks

With heart-stopping photography and a driving text, Mavericks tracks the five most dangerous days in the break's history, which included its first casualty, big-wave celebrity Mark Foo, who died on the morning of his first visit. Surf journalist Matt Warshaw weaves into this vivid record the complete and unconventional history of big-wave surfing, from its Hawaiian origins, full of legend and mythology, through to its modern, corporate sponsored incarnation, in which motorised tow-in surfers are rewriting the rules of what's possible.

£22.99

Nat’s Nat & That’s That
By Nat Young

Nat Young’s detailed autobiography, from the first wave he rode to his current status of the greatest surfer of the modern era. It follows Nat as he hurtles around the world from adventure to adventure, from the winning to losing and everything in between.

£19.99

North Shore Chronicles-Big Wave Surfing in Hawaii

Fancy a bit of the North Shore?? This book is the first book that deals frankly and honestly with the behind the scenes drama and emotion of big wave riding on the North Shore. Insightful and perceptive, this book will have you longing to jump on a plane to experience the Hawaii magic for yourself.

£14.99

Occy - A Surfers Year

£15.99

Oceans  

Sean Davey first picked up a camera at the age of 16, and now, 23 years later, “Oceans” is a collection of those 23 years. He has travelled the world’s oceans documenting the finest and often the most unusual locations. This book is for anyone with a love of the ocean, the images are stunning.

£19.99

Ocean Surf Guide to Portugal  

Portugal offers surfers an envious amount of options and this book, the only surf guide dealing exclusively with Portugal, gives you all the essential information you need to have a killer surf trip. Hundreds of surf spots, from mellow beach breaks to grinding barrels, covered in an easy to use format with advice on the ideal swells, winds and tidal stage to catch each break at its best. For a smooth and easy trip, use the practical travel information to find the best accommodation options and the craziest nights out!

£10.99

You should have been here Yesterday

£19.99

Stoked !

£29.99

Surfer’s Start Up

This comprehensive handbook covers the fundamentals of surfing gear, conditions, safety, etiquette, and history. Moreover, it teaches the novice how to cope; not only with waves and learning frustrations, but with crowds and locals too. Fun, informative, and packed with over a 100 photos, this book is an insider's guide to learning one of the world’s most exhilarating sports. If you want to learn to surf buy this book!

£9.99

Surfer’s Guide to Baja  

Baja was made for surfers, warm water year round, affordable living and a wide variety of waves. This guide covers everything for your trip including maps, travel tips and extremely detailed information on accommodation including telephone, fax numbers, pricing and facilities.

£15.99

Surfboard  

If your desire is to shape and finish your own board then this book is for you. It gives you step by step instruction from the word go, taking you from a foam blank through shaping, airbrushing, glassing, fin placements and glossing. The author has been involved in surfing since 1958, so if you're going to give it a bash you couldn't be in better hands. What are you waiting for, buy the book and start cutting foam!

£19.99

Surf Culture

£28.99

Surfer’s Guide to Hawaii  

Designed to provide essential information for novice and expert surfers alike. It tells you the secrets of staying alive in Hawaii's often treacherous surf and finding surf sessions in the Islands that range from friendly fun to truly terrifying. Chapters provide an intimate look at more than 50 spots on Oahu, Kauai, Maui and Hawaii with tips on best swell and wind conditions, parking and paddle out spots, crowd size and mood.

£14.99

Surfers

£23.99

Surfer’s Guide to Costa Rica  

Costa Rica was made for surfers: Warm water year round, affordable living, and a wide variety of waves. This guide covers everything for your trip including maps, travel tips and extremely detailed information on accommodation including telephone, fax numbers, pricing and facilities. Get lost with this guide and I’ll eat my mosquito repellent.

£15.99

The Surfers Travel Guide - Australia

£15.99

Surfing

Over 400 dynamic colour photos and a crisp text rich in facts show important developments in surfing over the last century. The ancient Polynesian heritage of surfing is presented through its introduction to the modern world by Hawaiians such as Duke Kahanamoku in the early 1900's. Emphasis is given to a later period when surfing's popularity grew steadily in southern California during the 1950's and 1960's and surf culture was assimilated into a west-coast style. The music, film making, photography, design, and literature of surfing all have influenced popular culture internationally.

£32.99

Surfing Europe

£25.99

Surfing Fundamentals  

This is the world’s best selling instructional book on surfing, it covers the very basics from choosing your first surfboard, learning to paddle, to catching your first wave. In later chapters it covers big wave surfing, competitive surfing, longboarding, waves and weather. There are also chapters on different kinds of surfing; these chapters cover kneeboarding, wave skis and bodyboarding. “Great all round book.”

£11.99

Surfriding in New Zealand  

Complete guide to New Zealand covering 327 surfing locations right down to grid references. It covers both North and South islands and gives surf check numbers for 23 different coastal areas. Also included is information on work visas, best time to travel and climate.

£15.99

Surfing San Onofre 1936-1942
 Photographs by Don James

This beautiful collection of the late Don James photographs covering the beach culture of the late thirties and early forties stands as a photographic diary of a culture now long forgotten. This book is a real gem and should not be missed!

£16.99

Surf Rage
By Nat Young

A must read for all surfers! A collection of articles from the top surfing writers of today have been collected into one book to address the Surf Rage phenomena. Every surfer should read this book, its contents should be thought through and considered and then applied to real life.

£14.99

Surf Science  
by Tony Butt & Paul Russell

Surf Science fills in the gap between surfing books and waves textbooks, and will help you learn how to predict surf and is the first book to talk in depth about the science of waves from a surfer’s point of view. It. You don't need a degree in Oceanology to read it and it would be hard to understand why any surfer would not want a copy of this book.

£18.99

Surf U.K
By Wayne Alderson

The ultimate guide to surfing mainland Britain. Compiled with the help from surfers from all corners of England, Scotland and Wales, this is the most detailed guide to British surf ever published. The guide covers 400 surf breaks, surf reports, shops, surf schools and a whole bunch of photos and maps.

£14.99

Tapping The Source
By Kem Nunn

Huntington Beach- a place of gilded surfers, perfect waves, and sun-bleached blondes. Look into the shadows and you'll find parties that drift towards pointless violence, joyless violations and highs you might never come down from...and a sea of hatred and dreams gone bad. A gripping fictional thriller.

£9.99

The History of Surfing  
by Nat Young - Revised Edition

This book is an illustrated history of the sport of surfing and for the first time a real look at the remarkable story behind the development of what we see as modern day surfing. Illustrating the book are rare reproductions of early Hawaiian, Californian and Australian surfing that have never before been published, and the work of the world’s best surf photographs, gathered together in one volume for the first time.

£16.99

The Perfect Day - 40 Years of Surfer Magazine
Edited by Sam George

Surfer Magazine celebrates forty years of breaking surf with this collection of the finest articles and photography from their famed archives. “The Perfect Day” rides the wave of surfing history, decade by decade, from the very first issue, distributed from the back of a Volkswagen van in 1960, to the most cutting edge coverage of today. Its colourful pages are packed with the photographs that have captured surfing’s biggest moments and the articles that have voiced generations of surfers search for the perfect day and the perfect wave.

£17.99

The Way of the Surfer

£22.99

Visions - Australia  

This is volume two in the “Visions” series, and it gathers together an unparalleled collection of Australian coastal images. This book is for all who know, or would like to know the many moods, tides and swells of this most spectacular of coastlines.

£19.99

Visions

"Visions" is a collection of some of the worlds finest surf photographers work. This collection of their work is taken from coasts as far apart as Australia to California, from Tahiti to Hawaii. This book, and its photographs, will strike deep chords in the heart of surfers, sailors, coastal dwellers and anyone who appreciates the unique nature of the oceans.

£19.99