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SURF FOR YOUR LIFE.By Tim Baker. Paperback, 154mm x 233mm, 344 pages, full colour photographs.
World Champion surfer Mick Fanning may only be twenty-eight, but he's already experienced more than most of us ever will. How does it feel to lose a brother? Win a world title? Rip your hamstring muscle clean off the bone? Weave through a zippering Superbank barrel for twenty to thirty seconds or paddle over the ledge at places like Pipeline and Teahupo'o? Walk into the bar of a Brazilian hotel dressed in a G-string bikini to make your mates laugh, only to find your mates have left and there is only a puzzled bartender staring blankly at you?
Mick's journey so far has definitely been a mixed bag, but it is the extremes of that journey that make him so interesting.
Mick tells his life story candidly - in turns funny, sensitive, thoughtful, self-deprecating - while providing intimate insights into personal lessons gained along the way; with practical tips on surfing technique, fitness, nutrition, board design, travel, competitive strategies and sports psychology. His story proves that what doesn't kill you really can make you stronger.
Ultimately, though, it's Mick's humanity, his readiness to give back, that might provide the greatest surprise and inspiration.
NZ$43.00 + delivery.
CREATING WAVES - HOW SURFING INSPIRES OUR MOST CREATIVE NEW ZEALANDERS.By Aaron Topp. Paperback, 154mm x 234mm, 288 pages, full colour photographs.
New Zealand has some of the world's best surfing beaches and the wildest surf on the planet. The rugged coastline touches all Kiwis, and some of us are lucky enough to find inspiration while riding its waves.
Creating Waves profiles 19 of our incredible artists, photographers, carvers, film directors and musicians, and finds out how thier love of surfing has influenced what they do, and how they do it. Their stories are from the heart, from deep within their creative lives. Many have drawn strength from the ocean to overcome major personal battles, and all have peeled the complications of society back from their lives and found what made them happy. From where they're sitting, the world makes sense, expectations are met, life is lived.
Full of fascinating insights into New Zealand's surfing world, Creating Waves will make you want to pick up the surfboard and head for the beach.
NZ$35.00 + delivery.
THE PILGRIMAGE - 50 PLACES TO SURF BEFORE YOU DIE.By Sean Doherty. Hardcover, 196mm x 216mm, 229 pages, full colour photographs.
Surfing is an obsession, and many a surfer has thrown away life-as-he-once-knew-it for a single wave.
In The Pilgrimage some of the world's top surf writers pay tribute to 50 of the world's best waves - the breaks which have become so much part of surfing folklore that they've developed a life force of their own.
This book is sure to become a classic. The text creates a great sense of place, and there's practical information on getting to (nearly) every break, the best time to go, what to take, where to stay, and what to look out for.
The Pilgrimage is the perfect read for anyone who has ever caught, or tried to catch, a wave, from grommets to geriatrics.
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NZ$55.00 + delivery.
OCCY - THE RISE AND FALL AND RISE OF MARK OCCILUPO . By Mark Occilupo & Tim Baker. Paperback, 128mm x 197mm, 309 pages, full colour photographs.
Child star at sixteen, ranked third in the world at seventeen, winner of the Pipeline Masters at nineteen, Mark Occilupo looked set to sweep all before him with a radical, spontaneous, irresistable brand of surfing.
Yet a spiralling descent into drug abuse and depression snuffed his flame prematurely when he quit the pro tour at just twenty-two.
Faltered comebacks, spectacular bursts of free-surfing and manic breakdowns followed as the surfing world watched a freakish talent self-combust. After years spent immobile and overweight on the couch, in his so-called 'Elvis Period', Occy eventually emerged from his cocoon, reborn and ready to tackle a whole new generation of surf stars. His celebrated comeback to win the world title in 1999, sixteen years after his career began, is a sporting fairytale without equal.
Now, for the first time, Occy tells the complete, remarkable story of his spectacular rise, terrifying fall and miraculous rebirth. Ultimately, it's a story about the power of pursuing one's bliss, the therapeutic properties of a good lie down and the importance of never, ever giving up.
NZ$30.00 + delivery.
VISIONS OF AMAZING WAVES. By Australian Surfing Life Magazine. Paperback, 285mm x 245mm, 120 pages, full colour photographs.
Messenger of storms, shaper of seas and lands, delight and torment all in one, the ocean wave calls to us in ways we can't quite explain. Is it the rolling curve as it bends and breaks? The sighing sound of its push up onto near-dry land or reef? The symbolism of its journey from unbroken swell to foam-scattered high-tide line?
Featuring the finest photography from the best aqua-cameras in the world, extraordinary accounts from great watermen who've faced waves in all their forms, plus insightful text from series editor Nick Carroll, this book is both a tribute to the beauty and ferocity of the wave, and a source of meditation and reflection on one of nature's enduring marvels.
NZ$35.00 + delivery.
WIND DRIVEN. By Wendy Kinney-Kendall. Softback, 152mm x 233mm, 288 pages, full colour and monochrome photographs.
Barbara won her first world championship title at the age of 20 and has continued to dominate the world windsurfing rankings for the past 21 years. A role model for all New Zealanders, she now has two young children to care for as well as being a professional athlete and working for her sponsors. In addition, she travels around the country giving motivational speaking presentations, or works overseas in her role with the Athletes' Commission of the International Olympic Committee.
Windsurfing is an exciting but challenging sport, and Barbara's years of experience in racing and tactics, and her knowledge of weather conditions and windsurfing equipment play a big part in her success. But the most important factor of all is her desire and drive to win, and managing the psychology of winning has been her biggest challenge.
Written by Barbara's sister, Wendy Kinney-Kendall, this is the inspiring story of how Barbara got to the top and how she manages to stay there.
NZ$37.00 + delivery.
WAVETRACK NEW ZEALAND SURFING GUIDEBy Greenroom Surf Media Ltd. Pbk, 106mm x 148mm, 549 Pages, colour and monochrome photographs, maps and sketches.
This is the perfect little book to take with you if you are on a surfing tour around New Zealand.
NZ$40.00 + Delivery.
SWIMMING TRAINING.By Barth/Dietze. Paperback, 149mm x 209mm, 151 pages, full colour illustrations.
If you have learned to swim and you want to do more, it's time to start swim training. This book will help you with that. It describes the techniques involved in the different strokes from start, to turn, to finish, and tells you how to correct mistakes to become an accomplished swimmer.
You will find out how to improve your fitness level specifically for swimming, how training on land can be helpful, and how to prepare for a swim meet. In addition to all of the swimming information you will also find useful tips on nutrition, equipment, and life saving in the water.
The easy to read text and descriptive illustrations, as well as the many opportunities to make personal entries, make this book an important training companion
Was NZ$32.00 + delivery.
Now NZ$2.00 + delivery.
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