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Learn to Surf

Learn to Surf

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Author: James Maclaren
Publisher: The Lyons Press
Category: Book

List Price: $12.95
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars 16 reviews
Sales Rank: 30665

Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 144
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6 x 0.5

ISBN: 1558215689
Dewey Decimal Number: 797.32
EAN: 9781558215689
ASIN: 1558215689

Publication Date: May 1, 1997
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

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Editorial Reviews:

Book Description
An introductory guide to surfing, body-boarding, and body-surfing



Customer Reviews:   Read 11 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars Good beginners book   July 10, 2008
This book is a great book for the beginning surfer. It's easy to read and very informative.


4 out of 5 stars Cool little book   February 13, 2008
I needed to do some research on surfing. This book was a great, little book that helped me out. It has some fun insights into surfing philosophy, history, materials, boards, waves, etc. It's like a surfing for dummies, but more fun and easier to read. I ended up also getting the Encylcopedia of Surfing, which was much easier to read after picking up this book.


5 out of 5 stars Buy This Book!!!   July 22, 2003
 8 out of 8 found this review helpful

Every beginning surfer should read this book. I picked it up and couldn't put it down. MacLaren takes you through every aspect of surfing with wit and humor. I read it cover to cover, then went out and bought a 9 foot longboard (as suggested) and hit the beach. Within the first hour in the water I was standing up and riding waves in, without shelling out alot of cash for lessons. You don't need lessons, all you need is THIS BOOK!!!


5 out of 5 stars Outstanding   September 7, 2002
 9 out of 9 found this review helpful

I am a newbie surfer and I found this book to be outstanding. It is a straight read. (That is, you can sit down and read to whole thing cover to cover in one setting without getting bogged down in jargon.) It covers everything you need to know to get started in the sport. It is full of good advice and good humor. If you want to get started with surfing, this very well could be the only book you'll ever need. (The rest you'll get from other surfers and magazines.) Buy it and read it before you hit the beach or buy any equipment.


1 out of 5 stars Learn to Surf?   February 10, 2002
 3 out of 54 found this review helpful

It just so happens that the person on the cover of this book is in fact riding a SKIMBOARD, not a surfboard. I just find it rather amusing that the cover of a surfing book displays a skimboarder and assumes it is a surfer. Alot of people don't know about wave-riding skimboarding, so I guess that explains it. But I do find it amusing.

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