Jul 14 2008 10:13 am,
THE BOOK OF SURFING
The killer guide –
waves, travel, style, culture
author: Michael Fordham
publisher: Bantam Press
designers: A-Side Studio
pub. date: 16.06.08
“Punches through the layers of profit-driven pastiche…
radically new… addictably readable”
Huck Magazine
From the creators of The September Project, Stranger magazine and cult freesports
mag Adrenalin comes 288 pages of illustrated loveliness on surf culture. Representing
the work of some of the greatest lensmen, pensmen and artists ever to train their
sensibilities on the beautifully meaningless act of riding a wave, The Book of Surfing
is a tempestuous, full colour celebration of the surfing life. The roll call of contributors
include: Thomas Campbell, LeRoy Grannis, Albe Falzon, Ron Church, Art Brewer,
Jeff Divine and Rick Griffin – and there’s everything from an ode to the feral surfer, an
anatomy of surf wagons, sketches of the influence of surf music and the surf T-shirt to
riffs on Dora, Curren and Tudor. Hipping the legions of the newly stoked to the breadth
and depths of surf culture as well as keeping the old salts smiling, the whole package
lands as the 21st century’s coolest guide to surf-culture, like, ever.
watch the trailer at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoeFsw9UznQ
www.a-sidestudio.co.uk
For further information please contact:
Michael Fordham at michaelfordham@gmail.com
Clive Wilson at clive.dogstar@gmail.com
