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As part of the acclaimed Sports Virtues series, Gertrude Ederle: Triumph discusses the struggles and triumphs of Gertrude Ederle's life. As with each story in the Sports Virtues series, this book assigns a virtue to a celebrated athlete or coach, and uses that person's story to help the reader achieve...

Frankie and his soccer team travel to fantastic lands to play some of the wildest soccer matches ever!

This book summary is created for individuals who want to flesh out the important contents and are too busy to go through the entire original book. This book is not intended to replace the original book. Daniel James Brown's The Boys in the Boat tells the true story of overcoming the insuperable...

Matt Warshaw knows more about surfing than any other person on the planet. After five years of research and writing, Warshaw has crafted an unprecedented history of the sport and the culture it has spawned. At nearly 500 pages, with 250,000 words and more than 250 rare photographs, The History of...

On the Road meets Endless Summer as Tim Baker, bestselling author of Occy, High Surf and Bustin' Down the Door, embarks on the classic surfing road trip around Australia. All surfers dream of shedding responsibilities and answering the siren's call of ocean swells. For most, it is an ideal...

Surfing, Jack London remarked, is “a royal sport for the natural kings of earth.” The greatest of those natural kings grant readers an audience in this glorious celebration of the world’s best surfers. Part exquisite picture book and travelogue to the top of the world, part biography and reference...

This eclectic mix of surfing stories has something for everyone, from classic tales of monster waves and epic battles to stories of when life among the breakers goes wrong. There are accounts of death and disaster, as well as bravery and triumph. The bizarre and the extreme rub shoulders with perfect...

Two surfing legends in one book! Occy is the magically talented child star who crashed and burned, then miraculous crawled from the wreckage to claim his destiny. Mick is the ferociously determined, disciplined athlete, who overcame personal tragedy and devastating injury to pursue his...

The history of Australian surfing has been full of pioneers, outlaws, hooligans and mavericks. This lavishly illustrated book, with profiles of 100 legends of Australian surfing from ancient history (pre-1950s) to the current day, is the perfect gift for any surfer or surf aficionado. Featuring many...

The history of the surfboard is one of innovation---innovation that has in turn shaped the sport of surfing. The Surfboard follows this history, from the first "wave-riding" redwood planks crafted by ancient Hawaiians to the vacuum-sealed, lightweight, "plastic fantastic" technological...

Surfing is a lifestyle choice as well as an activity which requires a high level of fitness, confidence in yourself and good technique. This guide aims to teach you everything you need to know about surfing, from choosing and buying the right equipment, where to look for second hand bargains...

This book is a must read for all East Coast surfers who may have felt at sometime that they should apologize for where they are from. The stories and pictures in this book are sure to make the East Coast surfer proud, while sharing a universal story line with surfers all around the world. These stories...

Aussies love the beach with over 11,500 beaches stretching along our huge 37,000 kilometres of coastline. Bet you didn't know - each year, more than 55 million trips will be made to one of 400 patrolled Aussie beaches and well over 3 million visitors will be surfers! Whether you're a...

The highly entertaining true story of a bloke who decides to make his favourite pastime (surfing) his profession for a year. It started as a joke and then got serious. Sort of. Inveterate traveller Sullivan McLeod got sick of people asking him what he was doing with his life so he started to say he'd...