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The Art of Surfing: A Training Manual for the Developing and Competitive Surfer | 
 enlarge | Author: Raul Guisado
Brand: Block Surf
Category: Book
List Price: $16.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 202239
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 7.4 x 0.5
ISBN: 0762724668
Dewey Decimal Number: 797.32
EAN: 9780762724666
ASIN: 0762724668
Publication Date: September 2002
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Product Description
Whether youre a pro surfer who wants to win a world title, a competitive surfer who wants to turn pro, or a recreational surfer who just wants to shred over your friends, The Art of Surfing will help you achieve your goals. In this book competitive surfing coach Raul Guisado brings the same coaching and training principles of the more established sports to surfing-to help enhance your performance and take it to the next level. Youll find the basics of board/gear selection, numerous advanced surfing techniques, helpful physical exercises/training, and nutrition tips. We highly recommend this book for your surfing library.
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 enjoying in putting to use in cold maine waters..... August 5, 2005
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
some of the review are too critical. The author does a great job of breaking down surfing etiquite as well as providing beginning, intermediate and advanced tips that can be used for all surfers. I have checked out other books and while they are good I find this book to be a great reference for those of us who try to surf as often as we can. the conditioning tips are very progressive and opened new facets of training for myself and some friends.
 Fair & Honest Review January 1, 2005
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I feel some of the other reviews were a too harsh. I first read the book at Borders and really liked it :) Obviously no book or video compares to time spent in the water but I found the book to be very good and informative. Most "learn to surf" books always seem to contain the same basic info (paddling, popping-up, duck-diving) but this book goes far beyond and can be appreciated by the advancing-beginner & intermediate surfers looking to improve. I'm hoping to teach a surfing class at the college I work for & would seriously consider recommending this book for any surfing students. The other book I really liked was Taj Burrow's Book of Surfing but I believe is for more advanced surfers and contains too much surf jargon & slang for the beginners.
 Surfing and skiing are they the same, no way. June 8, 2004
1 out of 9 found this review helpful
After surfing for over 15 years no book can really teach you how to surf. Skiing is far from surfing, in fact a swim coach would probably have a better idea of how to condition for surfing. I would say put down your cash for some surf wax and get out, there is no need to buy this book. Seems like the author trying to cash in on surfing and can he surf, maybe but not very many years in the water.
THOSE WHO CAN DO, THOSE WHO CAN'T TEACH January 10, 2004
4 out of 14 found this review helpful
This author has all the jargon down but I bet he's a big kook with a lot of degrees who's cashing in on surfing.If you want to surf better surf more!It's not what you do but how you execute it, you don't learn it in a book you learn it on the water. I don't know what I was thinking, why do I want to learn surfing from a skiing coach?
A thorough analysis of the sport of surfing April 9, 2003
I have been surfing for 20 years and I have yet to read a book that breaks down the essentials of surfing as well as this book does. It's very easy to read and contains a lot of helpful photos. I picked up numerous tips on technique and cross-training that have already improved my surfing!
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