Big wave : stories of riding the world's wildest water / edited by Clint Willis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Willis, Clint.

Series:

Adrenaline book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Surfing.

Extreme sports.

Physical Description:

x, 316 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Thunder's Mouth Press, [2003]

Summary:

The impact of such films as Blue Crush and Step into Liquid (from the directors of the classic Endless Summer) have helped fuel a surfing renaissance that extends from aging baby-boomers down to upstart pre-teens. This boom is driving sales of surfer gear and duds- and set the stage for an Adrenaline Book that will do justice to the sport' s surprisingly long history, which dates to well before Captain Cook' s eighteenth century voyages of discovery. Big Wave taps into a lush literature that will appeal to virtual and visceral thrill-seekers of all ages. The book features great writing on every aspect of the sport: the exhilaration of riding tsunami-like breakers; the competition that drives surfers to defy death in the world' s most dangerous waters; the turf wars that can end in violence; the terror of shark attacks; and the sheer Zen-like beauty of riding a wave the way it' s meant to be ridden.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-316)

ISBN:

1560255013

OCLC:

52517762