Author(s): Murray Walding

Sport

Murray Walding has busted his gut researching info for this pictorial history of Australian surfing and it shows. He has controlled himself though and not gone into a kissing butt situation. Just deep enough to keep you interested without boring the boardies of you. With a dusting off quotes from famous surfers and some not so famous plus some of the best photos around has produced a great read. This hard covered glossy book is full of surprises as it makes its chronological way from the beginning of surfing in Australia through to the likes of Taj Burrow and of course good old Kelly Slater's influence on surfing in Oz. There is even a piccie of the super bank at Schnapper Rocks. If you ever wanted one book to read about our Aussie mates and their surfing way of life from culture through to competitions this is the one for you.