| Description |
351 pages ; 28 x 24 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Introduction: the coming of the stoke -- 1. The Kahanamoku legacy -- 2. Getting serious -- 3. Balsa days, peroxide nights -- 4. Clubland -- 5. The making of a champion -- 6. Stomping at Bondi -- 7. Our own world champions -- 8. The new era -- 9. We're tops now -- 10. The Henry Bolte world titles -- 11. Sons of beaches -- 12. The gypsy tour -- 13. Return of the world titles -- 14. Surfing's second boom -- 15. Rabbit redux -- 16. Surfing Australia |
| Summary |
Australian surf culture is over a century old, and it still hasn't grown up. From its roots as an illegal pastime to its current incarnation as a professional sport, surfing's enduring appeal has always been the carefree, quintessentially Australian lifestyle that goes with it |
| Analysis |
Australian |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 338-342) and index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Audience |
General |
| Subject |
Surfers -- Australia.
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Surfing -- Australia -- Pictorial works.
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Surfing -- Australia -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Illustrated works.
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| LC no. |
2013433295 |
| ISBN |
1742700209 (hbk.) |
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9781742700205 (hbk.) |
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