Books + Magazines

“Stand up, up, UP!” is the mantra of Surfers for Autism, an organization that runs surf events for children with autism, providing the opportunity to not only catch waves, but to become part of a supportive surfing community.

It is also a message to all those struggling with autism: a message to stand up, no matter how hard it gets. Waves of Healing collects the stories of a group of everyday families who discovered Surfers for Autism in their search for hope, answers, and healing for their children with autism.

These are stories about the struggles children with autism face—the struggle to stand on a surfboard, the struggle to communicate, the struggle to make progress in a world which accepts “normal” and rejects all else. But they’re also stories of breakthroughs, of authentic joy and unbridled excitement as they learn to see their world from a whole new perspective—standing tall atop a surfboard, riding a wave all their own.

Exploring new avenues of therapy for those with autism, with therapeutic and extraordinary results, Waves of Healing is a snapshot of hope, courage, and human perseverance.

An educational surf odyssey from the highly acclaimed WiiLDER WORLD book series Explore Waves, Wildlife and the ABC’s As surfers, we get a taste of nature from the front row whenever we paddle out – saltwater included! Something that stokes us most is watching wildlife at our usual surf spots or while exploring new waves far away. Join Hubi, Luna and WiiLDER pals across the planet on a safari to trade waves and scope out wildlife: from wide-winged albatrosses in the Southern Ocean, to wide-eyed hammerheads in the Azores, to speedy yellowfins far off the coast of Brazil! Help Hubi and Luna color the awesome adventures, animals and letters of the alphabet.

An educational surf odyssey from the highly acclaimed WiiLDER WORLD book series Explore Waves, Wildlife and the ABC’s - 26 Epic Poems and Fun Facts. 60 pages. High-quality hardcover. FSC Certified. Join Hubi, Luna and WiiLDER pals across the planet on a safari to trade waves and scope out wildlife: from wide-winged albatrosses in the Southern Ocean, to wide-eyed hammerheads in the Azores, to speedy yellowfins far off the coast of Brazil! Wiilder Adventures & Animals A–Z fosters a love of learning, wildlife, and science in a fun format the whole family will enjoy! Rad illustrations, poems and brain-teasing facts intermingle to help young readers visualize concepts and the unique characteristics of each animal and ecosystem. A surefire way to inspire entry-level through intermediate readers at home, in class or on the road.

ABOUT WOMEN MAKING WAVES

A visually stunning journey across the world’s oceans, featuring soulful surfers living with purpose

“The women in this book are my sea sisters and I believe that by sharing these remarkable stories, we inspire other women to make wiser and more empowered choices in their own lives.”—Kassia Meador, former pro-longboarder and founder of Kassia+Surf

Title: Surf Shacks Volume 2

Publisher: gestalten

Publication Date: 2020

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: As New

“On Surfing” is a new book from Indoek about the finer points of what the pursuit garners in those that surf, in and out of the water. It’s a collaboration between writer, Michael Adno, and artist / designer, Matt Titone. The series spans pros and industry stalwarts to enigmatic locals and folk heroes. From Gerry Lopez, Kassia Meador, and Mikey February to Stephanie Gilmore, Taro Tamai, and Thomas Campbell, the series shows just how coded, nuanced, and eclectic surfing has become. The concept is simple: We ask all subjects the same questions about their life-long relationships to surfing and the memories they conjure up, and their stories appear alongside hand-drawn portraits. Our goal with this project is to bundle together a set of thoughtful interviews that reveal both the small, prosaic details about surfing but more meaningfully to articulate bigger questions about just what has cast such a spell on this cast of characters. In turn, we hoped it might become an indispensable source of inspiration on every surfer’s bookshelf, one more stab at giving shape to the thing that cannot be named about surfing.

Interviews by Michael Adno
Illustrations by Matt Titone
Format: 6×8”
Volume: Approx. 100 pages
Binding: perfect bound book with cloth linen taped spine
Printing: 1-color Foil Stamped cover + Offset printed interior pages. Printed in the USA at Shapco
Paper: 4 different recycled color paper stocks by French Paper
Language: English

Take a breathtaking plunge into the colorful world of the Coral Triangle, the waters that cradle Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Timor-Leste. One of the world’s most mature reef networks, home to 30 percent of all the world’s coral, this magnificent marine expanse boasts the highest diversity of coral and fish species on the planet. Underwater photographer Chris Leidy beautifully captures a vision of this wonderland through his lens and conveys the inherent complexities of each singular, fleeting scene, illustrating the vital magic of the Coral Triangle.

Comprising the most biodiverse ecosystems on our planet, oceans are humanity’s life-support system, processing more carbon dioxide than rainforests. Featuring a passionate text by Fabien Cousteau, The Coral Triangle presents the underwater world as a complex realm filled with vibrant life, inviting readers to fall in love with its majesty, and inspiring deeper understanding of the fragility of coral reefs and the unparalleled importance of taking action to protect our oceans.

This incredible photographic celebration of inspirational female skaters from all over the globe will appeal to skate fans of every age.

In ever-increasing numbers, girls and women are gathering at skate parks and competing in skateboarding events on nearly every continent. In stunning photographs of remarkable female skaters in action, this book celebrates the incredible range of styles, ethnicities, and ages that make up a rapidly growing community.
Skate Like a Girl features professional skaters, pioneers and newcomers, skate photographers and filmmakers, downhill skateboarders, longboarders, and gold medalists. You’ll meet skaters who are moms, models, artists, and engineers. What they all have in common is that skating is their way of life. Hailing from all over the world, each woman is profiled in her own words of wisdom about going after her dreams, falling hard, and getting right back up. Filled with empowering images and inspiring words, this book will encourage girls and women of every age to get on a board and shred.

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The Surfing Animals Alphabet Book.

Learn A - Z (or The ABC) + get stoked on surfing, in case you were not already...

Tuberiding Tigers, Power Surfing Mandrills and Longboarding Wombats - an aquatic alphabet adventure for Old Sea Dogs and Young Pups alike!

Hardcover, 64 pages of full color animal ABC surf stoke.

The Surfing Animals Alphabet Coloring Book. Color your way through the Surfing Animals Alphabet!

Features:

• 64 thick pages of black/white illustrations and letters.
• Perforated pages - Hooray! Easily tear out your colored pages to display them in all their glory.
• Same illustrations as the original book + a few bonus ones...

On the cover: Counterbalance—not posing—is the taproot of surf style. You sure as hell feel it here, all subtly elemental, as Levi Prairie coaxes a higher line from a tracking rail. The inner workings of TSJ 28.4 stretch from Hank Warner’s lifelong ride with surfing’s most revered icons to a local-level look inside the DIY Cuban surf-skate community. Modern interpretations of George Greenough’s edge board designs, the 1970s photography of Dan Merkel, and Jack Coleman’s lo-fi cinematic creations round the issue into shape.

On the cover: The Antarctic Ocean heaves against a glacial structure. Features inside anatomize Matt Wesson’s underground eyeball of Los Angeles, Waimea and Pipeline icon James Jones’ style mechanics, and the viscera of a road journey through West Africa. Artists Thomas Campbell and Alex Israel, water photographer Zak Noyle, and the homespun architecture of Lloyd Kahn add connective tissue.

“Little Millie Ford and Her New Skateboard” is a story about a brave girl who gets her confidence shaken up after receiving her first skateboard. She then has to decide what her plan will be if she’s going to try again.

The message behind Millie Ford is about understanding & tapping into your already established strengths and knowing that what people think of you does not define what you can do.

"Queenie Wahine, Little Surfer Girl" is an action sports children's book whose message is to empower not just girls but all children to choose bravery, not perfection.

The story features a surfing family who encourage their daughter to surf for the first time. In order to catch a wave the little surfer girl, Queenie Wahine, learns to overcome her fear of failure and of trying something new.

Written for early readers, "Queenie Wahine, Little Surfer Girl" features full color, full page, hand painted watercolor illustrations and is an 8 x 11 in hardcover book printed on heavy paper stock.

Experience the Life You Were Meant to Live

 

What's it about? Purpose. Connection. Impact. These are things everyone longs for. In Dropping In, Shane Sebastian provides keys for how to have them. Despite what you might think, this book is not about surfing, well not primarily. It’s about embracing the life God intends for us all — a fulfilling life of purpose, a life of connection, a life of impact. 

On the cover: Multi-disciplined surfboard artisan Joe Roper. Features inside the book include a Mexican wave zone lost to time and interest, a glacial-fed A-frame, and a surf playground amid an atomic testing range. The animation and comic paneling of cartoonists Stephen Hillenburg and Roy Gonzalez, plus the creative outputs of Josh Martin, Denis Stock, and Nate Lawrence add additional facets and textures.

On the cover: Human corona—Mikey Wright at Off The Wall. Features inside the book shed light on a rivermouth sandbank in equatorial Africa, the swamps and inlets of Florida, and a foundational headland on the East Coast of Australia. The pitfalls of modern surf forecasting, the mind-space of a slab-hunting fireman, and the irreverent outputs of artist Paul McNeil mark other points of conference.

On the Cover: Greg Long in the far Eastern Atlantic, perhaps contemplating the benefits of length over height. The noted XXL-hunter journeyed toward African waters for the sole purpose of burning rubber down this quarter-mile, sand-bottomed drag strip. Check out the guts of the issue to read more from this trip. Various other points and personas also included within.

On the cover: Matahi Drollet navigates the hydro prism at Teahupoo. Pinpoints inside the mag drift from the frozen river mouths of Iceland to a sultry pier in India. White sharks in Gansbaai, the oldest continuously inhabited structure in California, and the lifecycle of surfing as a competitive endeavor are each held to the light for further revelations. 

More than seven years in the making, A Secret History of the Ollie tells in part, how a small, unheralded group of skaters revolutionized skating around the world. Although the no-handed aerial skateboard maneuver known today as the Ollie is nearly 40 years old, its influence on skateboarding remains, and has never been surpassed.

The 1970s were not just the Dogtown era, but skateboarding's Golden Era. The Z-Boys were an important part of the emerging American skate scene during the 1970s, but they weren't the only scene. In the state of California alone, besides Santa Monica and Venice, there were many other hot spots. Some of those included San Diego, Salt Creek, Vista, Upland, Los Angeles, the San Fernando Valley, Oxnard, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, and San Francisco—all equally influential and significant for the skaters and innovations they delivered.

But far, far away from California, on the Gold Coast of Southern Florida, thousands of miles from the control of the skateboard industry and media, there was another tale unfolding. More obscure and under the radar, the Florida scene would have a dramatic and immeasurable impact on skateboarding, allowing it to literally take flight. It all started with the invention of the Ollie, a magical no-hands aerial and the signature move that would forever change skating.

Created in 1978, the Ollie, without a doubt, is the maneuver that changed skateboarding for all time. In A Secret History of the Ollie , author, photographer, and skater Craig B. Snyder follows this revolutionary no-handed skate trick from its humble beginnings in his hometown of Hollywood, Florida, to the present day in this new historical multi-volume work with an origin story as dramatic and magical as the move itself.

Illustrated in color throughout, A Secret History of the Ollie is not just the story of the Ollie, but a history of skateboarding like no other. Over 1200 images and photographs, many of which have never been published before, accompany 912 pages of some of the more crucial moments in skating history.

On the cover: Arthur “Toots” Anchinges summons the spirits of Rabbit, Ah Choy, and Bird's Nest at Queen's Surf, Waikiki. Features inside the book commune with punk rockers and mutated golems, ex-pats in the Atacama Desert and beastly surf in the Eastern Atlantic. Underwater imagery from Everton Luis and the modernist subjects of John Respondek bookend the experience.

On the cover: Having broken his favored shooter, Santa Cruz surfer Wilem Banks runs the diagnostics on an even lower-tide Scottish session on a borrowed board. Inside the book, further odysseys follow a team of daredevils to the glacial outfalls of Alaska, a crew of Indonesian boat-in pioneers through the revelation of Desert Point, and director Bruce Brown’s still-camera inside the most impactful surf movie ever assembled. Technical analysis of the asymmetrical surfboard, and a deep batch of imagery from the frontlines of the professional surf arena, add motion and ballast.

Pages are stamped with stories and photos from Marina Alonso, Nicole Spencer, Corina Rose Barnick, Kat Reynolds, Courntey Brow, Jen Yih, Meg Haywood Sullivan, Lisa Sheldon, Kealan Shilling and more. We went to the Fiji, Hawaii, Israel, Morrocco, SanO, the Maldives and too many other magical places to recall, scouring countries, meeting inspiring people, all searching for one thing.

I Love the Seaside is a printed 384-page surf and travel guide to southwest Europe (English language): from Brittany, France, around North Spain and Portugal, to Andalusia.

Connect travellers, surfers and locals by pointing out the nicest surf spots, places to hang out and to-dos.

I Love the Seaside is created by ocean-loving people for ocean-loving people.

What’s included?

• Beautiful and inspiring photos, maps
• Detailed and clear description of surf breaks for all levels
• Activities (yoga, SUP-tours, biking, wine-tasting, kids stuff, etc)
• Accommodations, shops, restaurants, cafes
• Surf shops, schools, camps, board rental and repair
• Interviews with seaside locals
• Local food facts and recipes
• Yoga tips and tricks for surfing

Details guide: English language, 384 pages, size 23 x 17 cm, thick 3 cm.