Product Description

Since 1960, Surfer magazine has been chronicling a pastime that confounds description. Now for the first time, Surfer has collected its eclectic array of surf journalism into one volume, from dyspeptic editorials and gnarly travel pieces to great fiction and humor writing. Each piece is introduced by the editors and accompanied by the full-color cover of the Surfer issue in which the article first appeared. With the top names of surf journalism, this authoritative volume defines almost fifty years of Surfer style and substance.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #473485 in Books
• Published on: 2007-07-12
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 224 pages

About the Author
Dave Parmenter's work has appeared in Surfer, Surfing, and Surfer's Journal. He lives in California and Makaha, Hawai'i.

Chris Mauro was a professional surfer before becoming editor of Surfer. He lives in Southern California.

Steve Hawk is the former editor of Surfer and the author of Waves. He lives near Half Moon Bay, California.

Customer Reviews

history revisited
Having lived and surfed through a lot of surfer magazine's history (vol. 5 onwards)it was interesting to return and relive the different snippets of history.More interesting is the fact we can now look back and see the outcomes or results of the different writers observations, offtakes, predictions or ramblings.

The History of Modern Surfing
I was surprised how much this book touched me. It was a short histroy of modern surfing. Excellent writing.

SURFER MAG!
The best of "Surfer" should include: "Owl Chapman interview/Dick Brewer interview"; "The North Shore Story" and "HB Run-on" by Drew Kampion; ALL of the Rick Griffin cartoons; "Surf Lines" by Reno Abelliera; "Hotel Dora" by Mickey Dora; "Dora interview"; BK interview; Phil Edwards interview; all the Jock Sutherland articles; Brad McCaul's interview; "River Jetties" photo-piece; Ron Stoner's "Blacks" photographs...they did include his trip to "Stoner's Point", and some other good photographs and articles. Surfer magazine has been in a decline, artistically, in my opinion, ever since John Severson left. Chuck Dent and Dora, to my mind, accurately depicted the death of surfing as an art, a canvas of personal expression, and it has degenerated into an extreme sport. Surfers today, rip, but they seem to be copying skateboarders and snowboarders, instead of finding their own path to enlightenment, cosmic conciousness, and the essence of the perfect moment. Small wave surfing has become a venue for silly tricks instead of style. Surfers used to seek respect from other surfers; now it's about corporate sponsorship, the dollar. They surf well, but you can't tell one from the other these days. It's kind of like watching guys surf Sunset Beach from the sand. Surfline is now a better net site, and produces a better surfing magazine, in my opinion.