You will find many books about surfing, of all types, from all approaches, and at many prices, but if you really want to discover what many consider to be the best and most complete book dedicated to this fascinating sport, you have to read the book “History of Surfing” by Matt Warshaw.
Matt Warshaw is a true eminence in the world of surfing, he is considered one of the people who knows the most about this sport in the world, and this brilliant author confirms this in a book that includes almost 500 pages, while showing us more than 250,000 words and offering us more than a quarter of a thousand little-known photographs. With a passionate and opinionated tone about this sport, while being tough and noble with touches of humor and a very interesting originality, this book is at the top of any ranking of essential books dealing with surfing.
And as has been said, Matt Warshaw is one of the world's greatest eminences when it comes to surfing, he is a true specialist and it is no wonder, because his life dedicated to surfing, his vocation and passion in body and soul for it make him one of the most capable people in the world to talk about this beautiful sport.
Anyone who thinks that this has been an easy book to write is very wrong. Quite the opposite, it has been a very complex book to develop and its result is very elaborate. Its content is very professional and reliable and its details are very well finished. It cannot be less in a work that has taken more than five years to forge, five years dedicated to the research and creation of a work, five years that have given splendid results with this masterpiece of surfing.
If you are looking for this book, you should know, as has already been said, that it is called “History of Surfing”, its original is in English, and its author is Matt Warshaw. It is published by Chronicle Books and of course you will find it in the nature and sports sections. It has exactly 494 pages, was published in 2010 and costs approximately €50. If you want to know its ISBN, that is, if you want to know what kind of registration number it is that will help you locate it, or for your bookseller to find it for you, it is the following: 978-0-8118-5600-3.
Without a doubt, a book that if you like and are passionate about surfing, you will fall in love with from the first to the last page, a book that will allow you to delve deeper into what you already know about surfing and that will allow you to discover what you did not yet know. An enjoyable read that will take you to the most remote parts of the history of surfing and there is no doubt that it will become one of your reference books.
