Australia's Century of Surf: How a Big Island at the Bottom of the World Became the Greatest Surfing Nation on Earth

by Tim Baker

In 100 years, surfing in Australia has morphed from exotic Pacific Island curio to regimented training for life savers, from counterculture revolution to respectable mainstream sport. Along the way, it has shaped coastal migrations, spawned vast business empires and design innovations, produced sports stars and spectacular casualties in equal measure, helped the beach overtake the bush as Australians' national, natural habitat of choice. No other...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1742758282
• ISBN13: 9781742758282
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 2.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.8" x 11.1"