Surfing Illustrated: A Visual Guide to Wave Riding

by John Robison

Expert instruction you need to take your skills from kook to boss

Author John Robison uses hundreds of pictures--comical, cartoon-like drawings--to clearly illustrateevery aspect of wave dynamics, riding techniques,etiquette, logistics, and more. This entertaining,easy-to-understand visual presentation makes it easyfor you to pick up his techniques and use themon the waves.

Robison covers every aspect of thesport, from paddling out through the surf zone andcatching and riding that first wave to nose riding, acrobatics,shortboard riding, and to equipment repairs.

369 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 16, 2010

Reviews

[Thomson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Some feeling of "help! what do I do next?" is inevitable when you first try something like surfing - but just having skimmed the first half (ish) of this book helped me feel a lot more prepared when I got in the water. Covers gear, technique, and terminology thoroughly but at a speed suitable for absolute beginners.

[Craig Childs · Rating 5 out of 5]

6 stars if I could. What an amazing resource for the beginner to intermediate surfer. Explained things I hadn’t seen on other surfing resources. Helped my surfing learning curve exponentially.

[Brad Pickler · Rating 5 out of 5]

This books is really cool. Very informative and made me laugh many times.

[Miglen Evlogiev · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really good visualisation, I can image a book on surfing without pictures and examples. Can't wait to practice all I've read!

[Margot Carpenter · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the best how-to-surf guides ever.