Amazing Surfing Stories: Tales of Incredible Waves & Remarkable Riders by Wade, Alex

Amazing Surfing Stories: Tales of Incredible Waves & Remarkable Riders (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781119942542)

Vendor: Alex Wade
Product type: Books
Format: Hardcover
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Amazing Surfing Stories: Tales of Incredible Waves & Remarkable Riders by Wade, Alex

Amazing Surfing Stories: Tales of Incredible Waves & Remarkable Riders

$19.95
Amazing Surfing Stories: Tales of Incredible Waves & Remarkable Riders by Wade, Alex

Amazing Surfing Stories: Tales of Incredible Waves & Remarkable Riders

$19.95
Format: Hardcover
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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 breaks and beautiful beaches. Be thrilled by legendary surfers, as well as learning about local heroes who never made the headlines. Each compelling tale has been chosen to stoke the fire of armchair surfers and hardcore wave-riders alike, and many are illustrated with colour photographs.

Author: Alex Wade
ISBN-10: 1119942543
ISBN-13: 9781119942542
Publisher: Fernhurst Books
Language: English
Published: 10/28/2012
Pages: 228
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.10d
By Alex Wade
By Alex Wade
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ALEX WADE is a former white-collar boxer, media lawyer and freelance journalist who lives and surfs in Cornwall. As well as running the "Surf Nation" blog, he regularly contributes to "The Times, The Sunday Times, The Independent, The Guardian" and other national newspapers. He covers diverse areas as a freelance journalist and has written columns for "The Independent on Sunday, " timesonline.co.uk and "Flush" magazine on boxing, legal life and poker.

Alex has travelled the globe extensively. He has written about New York, Albania and Kazakhstan; Barbados, Ireland and Andalucia; Captain Cook country, Mexico and Francis Ford Coppola's retreats in Belize and Guatemala. Despite a restless life he thinks he's found paradise in West Penwith, Cornwall, where he lives with his wife Karen, an accomplished abstract artist, and their two sons.

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