The Art of Surfing: A Training Manual for the Developing and Competitive Surfer

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Summary: Surfing and skiing are they the same, no way.
Review: After surfing for over 15 years no book can really teach you how to surf. Skiing is far from surfing, in fact a swim coach would probably have a better idea of how to condition for surfing. I would say put down your cash for some surf wax and get out, there is no need to buy this book. Seems like the author trying to cash in on surfing and can he surf, maybe but not very many years in the water.

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Summary: Fair & Honest Review
Review: I feel some of the other reviews were a too harsh. I first read the book at Borders and really liked it :) Obviously no book or video compares to time spent in the water but I found the book to be very good and informative. Most "learn to surf" books always seem to contain the same basic info (paddling, popping-up, duck-diving) but this book goes far beyond and can be appreciated by the advancing-beginner & intermediate surfers looking to improve. I'm hoping to teach a surfing class at the college I work for & would seriously consider recommending this book for any surfing students. The other book I really liked was Taj Burrow's Book of Surfing but I believe is for more advanced surfers and contains too much surf jargon & slang for the beginners.

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Summary: A thorough analysis of the sport of surfing
Review: I have been surfing for 20 years and I have yet to read a book that breaks down the essentials of surfing as well as this book does. It's very easy to read and contains a lot of helpful photos. I picked up numerous tips on technique and cross-training that have already improved my surfing!

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Summary: THOSE WHO CAN DO, THOSE WHO CAN'T TEACH
Review: This author has all the jargon down but I bet he's a big kook with a lot of degrees who's cashing in on surfing.If you want to surf better surf more!It's not what you do but how you execute it, you don't learn it in a book you learn it on the water. I don't know what I was thinking, why do I want to learn surfing from a skiing coach?