Read any good surf related books?

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kelly slater's biography is great, and tells u how he got into surfing

 

Tapping the Source

TTS is a great book with a lot of surfing in the plotline.

Also, I 2nd the recommendation of In Search of Capt. Zero...one of my favorite books ever.

 

surfgonzo is right, in search of captain zero ( allan weisbecker) is a book i highly reccomend, and pipe dreams by kelly slater

 

Be carefull!

One thing about surfing you can learn not to do is chase something that is not there. The books, the magazines, the videos can often lead surfers to something that is not there...happiness. After a lot of years of chasing crap swells, buying crap mags, competing in crap comps, I realzied I needed to spend a lot more of my time/energy on education and becoming a complete watermen. Try a book called "Rich Dad, Poor Dad!" Someday you will have a property in Nicaragua or a Yacht in Indo? I stopped chasing the pipe dreams and I surf better waves now!!! Kelly Played golf and wrote music, now he is winning with a smile!. Occy lost weight, did triathlons, competed in lifesvaing, got to know his family...won a world championship...smiling! Just a lil note...take it or leave it!

 

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WOW! This make take the cake for bringing a thread back from the dead! But still those are some good reads listed above.

 

The BIBLE John 6:19 When they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus approaching the boat, walking on the water; and they were frightened.

 

Well sure but if he came crusin up on a wave jet they would be all like, sweet brah!!!!

 

Kook by Peter Heller is great. The Wave by Susan Casey is also.

 

Stop the clown act, eh? We don't want your proselytizing taking over a surfing forum. The person wants to know about surfing reads. Are you that desperate that you need to hijack the thread, yet again??

Admin! WTF. You hook people for minor stuff, what about this psycho naming himself after jeeeeeeezus h effing keerist hijacking every thread for his own use??

 

I read ALOT and especially when work pulls me far from the Ocean I read more surf/travel books than I really should but here is what is currently on my kindle with surf inspired themes. Also pick up an overpriced subscription to the surfers journal for some great surf stories/articles related to surfing, board shaping, and just the general feeling out there when you can't be.
Fierce Heart: The story of Makaha and the soul of Hawaiian surfing by Stuart Coleman
Eddie Would Go: The story of eddie Aikau, Hawaiian Hero and Pioneer of Big Wave Surfing: also by Stuart Coleman
Kook: What Surfing taught me about love, live, and catching the perfect wave by Peter Heller
Saltwater Buddha: A surfers guide to find Zen on the Sea by Yogis, Jaimal
Island Explorer: Surfing, Sailing, and Exploring beyond Sumatra and the Mentawai Islands: by Dan Scheffler
The Kooks Guide to Surfing: by Jason Borte (funny read!)
Californios: a surf noir collection: by Jeff McElroy (some good some bad short collection)
Surfing's Greatest Misadventures by Paul Diamond (same.. some good some bad collection of surf stories)
The Lost Coast by Drew Kampion (more bad than good surf stories)

That should get you started... if you want more or more information on them let me know. Big fan of Stuart Coleman's books and after reading them I started making pineapple swipe using the old Hawaiian recipe and my wife said I started speaking pigeon again. HA!

 

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"Kook" is a good read. two more good books, "West of Jesus" and "Salt Water Buddha."

 

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A couple people mentioned "Salt Water Buddha." It's pretty good and is a quick read. "The Wave" by Susan Casey is phenomenal. "Crazy for the Storm" by Norman Ollestad is also a good one.

 

From what I hear some studio bought the rights to this book to make it into a movie... let's hope they don't mess it up much.

 

Welcome to Paradise, Now Go To Hell... by Chas Smith

Just started reading this and it's awesome. It's about the North Shore and all the dirty seedy sh* that goes down..
I don' see how Chas will ever go back and not get killed. I'm only 5 chapters in and he's talking about Eddie Rothman and his thug tactics.
He hates Mick Fanning too and says some pretty funny stuff about him.

Chas seems like a douche, but pretty damn funny.

 

bustin' down the door by rabbit Bartholomew is excellent,as is nat's nat and that's that by nat young, and mp-the life of Michael Peterson by sean doherty,and the way of the surfer by drew kampion, but the best book since it is Sunday I must say is The Holy Bible which is not really a book but is the Word of God.