Surfing Places, Surfboard Makers

by Andrew Warren

Over the last forty years, surfing has emerged from its Pacific islands origins to become a global industry. Since its beginnings more than a thousand years ago, surfing's icon has been the surfboard--its essential instrument, the point of physical connection between human and nature, body and wave. To a surfer, a board is more than a piece of equipment; it is a symbol, a physical emblem of cultural, social, and emotional meanings. Based on research...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824838289
• ISBN13: 9780824838287
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"