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Summary: Stoked to bring you Stoked!
Review: After some delay with cover design, I finally received an advance copy of my new book, "Stoked: A History of Surf Culture" yeterday, and I am very pleased with the work of General Publishing Group in reflecting the energy and complexity of the surfing experience in their layout. I think this is a book any surfer -- or anyone who can relate to surfing as the ultimate metaphor -- will really enjoy. "Stoked" should be in bookstores by Thanksgiving; I hope you'll check it out. Let me know what you think. Life is a wave, and your attitude is your surfboard. Enjoy the ride!
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Summary: You can't call yourself a surfer if you don't have this!
Review: Few would argue with the statement that Drew Kampion is the world's best surf journalist. John Severson created the industry, and Kampion has perfected it over the last 30 years. Documenting the history of this ever-shifting subculture is a extremely difficult task, especially since surfers consider themselves "counter-culture."In Stoked, Kampion touches on every element of surfing culture throughout surf history, and he does so in easy-to-swallow, bite-sized pieces. The Duke, Tom Blake, Malibu, Dora, Lopez, Tom, and Kelly are all here. And the photos are phenomenal. Every classic shot is here: Da Bull at Pipe, the first Day at Waimea, the first issue of The Surfer, and some soon to be classics, like some beautiful tow-in stuff. To call yourself a real surfer, you must pay homage to those before you who made it possible. You gotta know your history. Drew Kampion brings you the soul of the sport through time, and he makes it lively and fun. Get it! .
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Summary: A Califorian view of surfing
Review: Kampion has the sixties cult outlook on the sport of surfing and his book reflects that perspective. As with the many other "official" history books of surfing most of the facts are accurate.
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Summary: A Califorian view of surfing
Review: Kampion has the sixties cult outlook on the sport of surfing and his book reflects that perspective. As with the many other "official" history books of surfing most of the facts are accurate.
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Summary: The essential primer on surfing, told with insite and style.
Review: Kampion is the best at describing and explaining surfing and surf culture. I was transported through the years and distances of my own life, flashing on classic images and the well thought out perspective that the book offers. If you ever wondered where your watery roots originated and why it is the way it is, check out Stoked.
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Summary: A visually oriented historical survey
Review: Now in a new and expanded edition, Stoked! A History Of Surf Culture by writer, photographer, and surfing expert Drew Kampion (who was also a former editor of "Surfer," "Surfing," "Wind Surf" and "Wind Tracks" magazines) is an informative, adventurous, visually oriented historical survey of a wildly popular sport -- and the people who embraced and developed it. Gorgeous full-color photographs stir visions of wind and wave, while the accessible text traces the love, lore, and sometimes tragedy of this exciting pastime down through the years. Stoked! is enthusiastically recommended -- especially for surfing enthusiasts!
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Summary: Drop Into This
Review: Of all the surf books I've reviewed, this is, by far, the best to date. Kampion does it right with just the right amount of detail, written words and appropriate photos. He has encapsulated the history of the sport in a beautiful coffee-table sized book and it is the one book that outstokes all the rest. The title says it all with each page bringing out the "stoke" of the moment reported. Kampion knows how to capture the feeling without even getting wet!
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Summary: Good overview of surfing but a few details left out!
Review: This book has some great insight into the history of surfing. There are great photos that capture milestone moments in surf culture. They did leave out a few details but the book would be three times as long if they had included all of the legends...past and present. Overall, a great book for surfers and those interested.
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Summary: Get stoked!
Review: This book will provide old school and new school surfers with plenty of stoke! This text is informative and well written, providing anyone with an interest in surfing to expand their knowledge of surf history. The photos will make your mouth water and get out to wax your stick! If there was ever a surf history class, this would be the text you'd have to read!
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Summary: A Califorian view of surfing
Review: This was a great book full of imformation as well as history and the evolution of the surfboard formt he changes in materials as well as the changes in length and styles. It is also a great tribute to the Surfers and shapers that revolutionized the sport. I highly recommned this book to anyone interested in Surfing.
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