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Books

With a rich history, diverse culture and wealth of talented and creative people surfing has spawned a load of books worth reading, from travel guides through to fiction.

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Learn to Surf Art, History and Culture Guide Books Biography Waves and Weather Board Construction and Repair Maps

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Learn to Surf

No book or DVD can really teach you to surf, but all the water time in the world and you can still miss out on the fundementals if you're not out with more experienced surfers. If your about to head into the water for the first time or a beginner struggling with your board, or the politics of the lineup a few quid on a good book or movie can save alot of grief and make learning to surf what it should be, a totally pleasurable journey...

Learn to Surf DVDs Learn to Surf Books

£12.99 Stand Up Paddle Surfing How-to Stand Up Paddle Volume 1	£12.99 Surfers Start Up Simple introduction to the basics of surfing.	£8.99 Longboarders Start Up Introduction to surfing for anyone interested in longboarding.	£9.99 Go Surfing with live action DVD Improve your surfing with this great book and DVD ideal for beginner or intermediate.
£12.99 Surfing - A Beginners Manual Nice little book for beginners from a UK perspective.	£11.99 The Complete Guide to Surfing Genuinely comprehensive guide.	£19.99 Surf - A Visual Exploration of Surfing Weird yet compelling book about all things surf.	£9.99 The Girl's Guide to Surfing Great little book with pretty much everything you ever wanted to know.
£9.95 Surfgirls Guide to Surfing Just about everything you need to know about surfing.	£9.99 Fit to Surf Surfers guide to Strength and Conditioning	£12.99 Andy Irons Learn to Surf World champ Andy Irons takes you through the basics.	£12.99 Roxy Learn to Surf NOW An all girl guide guide to learning to surf.
£12.99 Tim Curran Surfing Techniques Two movie introduction to surfing with Tim Curran and Dan Malloy	£12.99 Yoga for Surfers Simple, surf specific yoga.	£12.99 Yoga for Surfers II More Yoga for Surfers	£12.99 Yoga for Surfers III More Yoga for Surfers

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Art, History and Culture

£19.99 The Surf Girl Book This chunky compendium collects the best photographs of the Roxy girls'.	£17.99 Transmission One month cruising the remote islands if Indonesia, surfing some of the best waves in the world	£44.99 Surf Book Surf Book by Joel Tudor and Michael Halsband	£19.99 Teahupoo: Tahiti's Mystic Wave An ode to a unique natural phenomenon and to the courageous athletes who seek to conquer it
£22.99 Mavericks The story of big wave surfing.	£64.99 Sipping Jetstreams Book A beautiful hardback photo book to accompany the DVD.	£14.99 The Best Of Surfer Magazine Surfer magazine has been chronicling a pastime that confounds description.	£27.50 Surfing Photos From the Seventies Surfing Photos From the Seventies taken by Jeff Divine
£22.50 Inside Maverick's Portrait of a Monster Wave	£23.49 Waves - by Steve Hawk Waves offers a mesmerizing collection of photography	£19.99 Visions of the Australian Coast This is volume two in the Visions series	£14.99 The History of Surfing by Nat Young The History of Surfing by world champion surfer Nat Young
£19.99 Switch-Foot Surfing Art Music	£12.99 Bustin Down The Door The Journey of Wayne "Rabbit" Bartholomew	£25.00 The Surfboard Art - Style - Stoke	£16.99 Blue Heaven The story of Australian surfing
£45.00 Dora Lives The Authorised Story of Miki Dora	£16.95 Hula Girls & Surfer Boys Photos from 1870-1940	£30.00 Prewar Surfing Photography A strong sense of nostalgia and a yearning for a simpler life	£12.99 Stealing the wave The epic struggle between Ken Bradshaw and Mark Foo
£5.99 Surfing: Vintage Surfing Graphics Classic surf Graphics from the 20's - 60's	£24.99 Surf Photography of the 1960s and 1970s Photographer LeRoy Grannis Journey through the 60's and 70's	£23.50 Photo/Stoner (Hardcover) The Rise, Fall, and Mysterious Disappearance of Surfing's Greatest Photographer	£35.00 Dominant Wave Theory Exploring the coastline through a series of powerful photos of everyday objects washed up on the beach.
£24.95 Surf Skate and Rock Art of Jim Phillips The legendary surf and skate art of Jim Phillips.	£14.99 Surfing Moods A collection of photos of west country surfing	£19.99 Surf Art! Graphics and Memorabilia for surfers...	£13.99 Surf Movie Tonite! Exploring six decades of surf movie poster art.
£18.95 Surfing - A Brief History A real history of the Hawaiian origins of the sport.	£29.95 The Encyclopedia of Surfing The A-Z of surfing.	£30.00 Stoked A comprehensive history of the culture of surfing from its earliest days.	£28.00 Surf Culture Beautifully designed book about beautiful surf inspired design.
£16.99 The Perfect Day Celebrating 40 years of surfer magazine and 40 years of surf culture	£22.50 The Way of the Surfer A history of modern surfing.	£16.95 Surf Rage An exploration of localism and surf violence

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Guide Books

£29.99 The Stormrider Guide Europe Box Set These two books contain everything a surfer needs to know about where to go surfing in Europe	£19.99 Stormrider Guide - Atlantic Islands Brand New - Includes Iceland & Scandinavia, Ireland, Wales, England, Scotland, Azores..	£19.99 World Stormrider Guide Volume one of the most readable guide to the worlds best waves.	£19.99 World Stormrider Guide II Volume Two of Low Pressure's guide to the worlds very best waves.
£19.99 Stormrider Guide - Europe Continent The brand new stormrider guide part one.	£19.99 Stormrider Guide North America Detailed guide to North America's most popular surf spots.	£15.99 The Surfer's Travel Guide : Australia This book has fuelled the dreams of thousands of surfers	£16.99 Global Surfari Global Surfari is an inspiring and informative guide to major surfing destinations.
£12.95 Wave-Finder Australia Pocket sized guide to hundreds of breaks in Oz.	£14.99 Surfing Australia Surf Australia's hottest beach, reef, and point breaks and get away from it all.	£14.99 Atlas of Australian Surfing The original OZ surf guide now in a smaller paperback format.	£15.80 Surfriding in New Zealand Complete guide to New Zealand
£16.99 Surfing Indonesia A guide to some of the worlds most perfect waves.	£16.99 Indo Surf & Lingo No. 1 Indo Surf Guide Book	£12.95 Wavefinder Surf Guide - Indonesia Pocket sized guide to Indo's best breaks	£24.99 Surfing the World A guide to some of the worlds finest waves.
£24.99 Surfing Europe Brand New 2nd Edition with Detailed guide to Europe's surfing beaches.	£14.99 Surfing Britain Detailed guide to Britains best breaks.	£12.95 Wavefinder Surf Guide - UK & Ireland A pocket sized guide to hundreds of breaks across the UK and Ireland	£14.99 Surf UK Still the most comprehensive list of surfable UK beaches.
£10.99 Ocean Surf Guide to Portugal Only surf guide dealing exclusively with Portugal	£16.99 Big Blue Surf Guide: Spain The only dedicated surf guide to Spain	£11.99 Guide to Southern California Surfer Magazine's California Guide Series	£11.99 Guide to Northern & Central California Surfer Magazine's California Guide Series
£10.99 Surfing California A guide to all the best breaks in California.	£15.99 The Surfer's Guide to Mainland Mexico The first edition of The Surfer's Guide to Mainland Mexico	£15.99 The Surfer's Guide to Baja This guide features over 120 breaks in Baja!	£15.99 Surfer's Guide to Costa Rica Costa Rica Travel Guide
£10.99 Surfing Hawaii Rod Sumpter's complete guide to the Hawaiian Island's best breaks	£14.99 Surfing Hawaii A guide to the worlds premier surfing destination.	£12.95 Wavefinder Surf Guide - USA / Hawaii Pocket sized guide to the best surf breaks in the US and Hawaii	£12.99 100 Best Surf Spots in the World Journey around some of the worlds finest breaks.

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Biography

£12.99 Bustin Down The Door The Journey of Wayne "Rabbit" Bartholomew	£15.99 Occy Mark Occhilupo's Story	£7.99 Pipe Dreams The story of surfing legend Kelly Slater	£12.99 Stealing the wave The epic struggle between Ken Bradshaw and Mark Foo
£6.99 Soul Surfer A True Story of Faith, Family and Fighting to Get Back on the Board	£14.99 mp: the life of michael peterson The incredible untold story of Australian surfing's cult hero	£7.99 Riding the Magic Carpet A simple story of one surfers search for perfect waves.	£11.99 North Shore Chronicles Stories of big wave surfing in Hawaii
£21.95 Nats Nat and Thats That Autobiography of surf legend Nat Young	£7.99 Eddie Would Go Biography of big wave legend and Hawaiian waterman Eddie Aikau	£12.99 That Oceanic Feeling One womans rediscovery of surfing and explanation of it's place in her imagination	£22.50 The Way of the Surfer A history of modern surfing.
£14.99 Surfers A line-up of surfings most inspirational characters.	£14.99 Da Bull - Life Over the Edge The story of big wave legend Greg Noll.

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Waves and Weather

Predicting the waves and weather isn't so very difficult if you understand how they work. There's something about tuning in to the patterns of the swell and the weather that makes surfing more satisfying - plus of course you're going to score more waves...

£9.99 The Cloud Book A guide to the clouds.	£18.95 Surf Science A great guide to surf forecasting and the science of waves.	£15.99 Wavecast Guide to Surf Forecasting In depth guide to surf forecasting.	£11.99 Instant Wind Forecasting Learn to forecast the wind and weather from looking at the sky.
£7.99 Instant Weather Forecasting Great little book for any surfer interested in the weather.

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Board Construction and Repair

There's a great satisfaction to riding a surfboard you've made yourself. There's nothing to complicated about it and the books and DVDs here will give you all the information you need to get started.

If you're after surfboard blanks, tools, fibreglass or other shaping equipment give us a call or drop us an email and we can put you in touch with a supplier.

If you're looking for materials and kits to repair your own board Click Here.

£24.99 Epoxy Shaping 101 Shaping with Greg Loehr	£24.99 Epoxy Glassing 101 Glassing with Greg Loehr DVD	£16.99 Shaping 101 DVD By John Carper	£16.99 Glassing 101 DVD By John Carper
£16.99 Airbrushing 101 DVD By Jon Carper	£9.99 Surfboard Design + Construction A complete guide to designing and building your own surfboards.	£19.99 Surfboard How surfboards are built and repaired	£6.99 The Ding Repair Scriptures The Complete Guide to Surfboard Repair

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Maps

It's not always easy to find a local map once you're there, so we've got a few of the harder to find ones here for you.

£5.95 Central America Map It covers Yucatan, Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama.	£5.95 Sri Lanka Map Explore the world with Nelles Maps-always up-to-date with top quality cartography.	£5.99 Morocco Travel Map A full-size fold-up map of Morocco, with distance indicators and a complete index.	£4.99 Periplus Map of Indonesia Large Scale Map of Indo
£4.99 Periplus Map of Bali Detailed Map of Bali	£4.99 Insight FlexiMap of Morocco Laminated Map of Morocco

£11.99 Surfing's Greatest Misadventures Dropping In on the Unexpected	£12.99 Surf Nation In Search of the Fast Lefts and Hollow Rights of Britain and Ireland	£15.00 The Dogs of Winter Kem Nunn Novel	£11.99 Surfer's Code 12 Simple Lessons for Riding Through Life
£7.99 Surfing and the Meaning of Life Photography by Jeff Divine, Written by Ben Marcus