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All to Myself
Things were a lot different when Billy Meng started surfing in 1943. He paid $10 for his first surfboard: a Bob Simmons surfboard. Meng lived, worked, and surfed with all the early riders along the Southern California coast and Hawaii. Billy now lives in Santa Barbara's backcountry, still repairing fishing nets, after retiring a veteran commercial fisherman.
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On The Edge Of A (Fever) Dream
George Greenough and multi-hull edge boards are at the center of Andrew Kidman and Ellis Ericson’s project to document the space-race around a singular design concept.
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Where the Swell Begins
Find out where the "Source Waters" of the summer swell begins as Walter Munk describes at length his oceanic discoveries of the last 70 years. He has played a key role in predicting swells since WWII along with the first tsunami warning system. Munk pioneered the study of acoustic tomograpy, and is author to more than 200 scientific papers and winner of numerous scientific awards.
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Pack and Saddle
Down the Chilean coast a la jinete.
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Explorations in the Andaman Nicobar Chain: Behind the Monsoon Curtain
A quartet of authors help to shed light on the mystery behind what really goes into those exotic surf trips in all the glossy magazines. The road to perfect unsurfed waves is paved with travel hassles, wind and weather issues and more. Definitely something to read for balance while planning your next surf trip.
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