The History of Surfing, Matt Warshaw
The History of Surfing, Matt Warshaw
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The History of Surfing

Author: Matt Warshaw

Narrator: Paul Boehmer

Unabridged: 30 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 09/20/2022


Synopsis

Matt Warshaw knows more about surfing than any other person on the planet. After five years of research and writing, Warshaw, a former professional surfer and editor of Surfing magazine, has crafted an unprecedented, definitive history of the sport and the culture it has spawned.

The History of Surfing reveals and defines this sport with a voice that is authoritative, funny, and wholly original. The obsessive nature of Warshaw's endeavor is matched only by the obsessive nature of surfers, who are brought to life in this book in many tales of daring, innovation, athletic achievement, and the offbeat personalities who have made surfing history happen.

"The world's most comprehensive chronicler of the surfing scene." —Andy Martin, The Independent

About Matt Warshaw

Matt Warshaw is the former editor of SURFER magazine. A lifelong surfer, he is the author of numerous books on surfing, including Maverick's: The Story of Big Wave Surfing. He lives in San Francisco with his wife and son.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Dmitry

This is the longest book I've ever listened to.......more

Goodreads review by Katrin

I've been reading this bit by bit for several months. It gives you a very detailed history of surfing, from the very beginning some centuries ago until the present. Inevitably, this involves a lot of technical talk, since major developments in surfing had to do with the changing look of the surfboar......more

Goodreads review by Alan

Mr. Warshaw has written a fine, dense book on the history of surfing. I have not come across something so complete as this in all my 20+ years of surfing (has anything like this been written before, and if so why have I not heard about it). Though there is plenty of subjectivty, a few opinions which......more

Goodreads review by Mike

Matt is a former professional surfer who later became the editor of Surfer Magazine and is currently in charge of the Encyclopedia of Surfing History. The History of Surfing is the most comprehensive, well-written chronicle on surfing history I have ever seen, including a remarkable collection of ph......more