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Learn to Surf | 
 enlarge | Author: James Maclaren
Publisher: The Lyons Press
Category: Book
List Price: $12.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 76736
Media: Paperback
Edition: First edition
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
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Book Description
An introductory guide to surfing, body-boarding, and body-surfing
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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.
 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!!!
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.
 Learn to Surf? February 10, 2002
3 out of 53 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.
Well written... for the beginner January 1, 2002
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
This book is for the absolute beginner. It teaches you step by step how to get started if you are just beginning. It did provide some nice tips on proper paddling and positioning. Give it a quick read and just go out and do it. I didn't think all the beginning steps (jumping into white water, riding on your knees, etc.) were necessary. Just do what feels right. It's a good book for the right audience though.
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