Customer Reviews
In desperate need of a new edition - By: Ms. L. C. Povey, 15 Sep 2008 
I bought this based on the current reviews on Amazon but was to be honest quite disappointed. It comes across as very dated, mostly text with very few photos or illustrations which are pretty helpful when trying to learn something like surfing!! The advice in the book is generallly pretty good but it's the kind of book one would be better off getting out of the library. Better books out there I'm afriad
perfect surfing starter book... - By: S. A. Crook, 06 Nov 2007 
this book will teach you how to surf...
in easy stages...no fuss...just perfect advice...
after having read it twice...
and two 6 hour days in the water...
i'm well on my way to being a surfer...
i have met people on the beach who have had lessons...
and some with up to two years messing around with surfing...
and because of this book i was better informed...
and was able to give those surfers pointers...
great safety tips...well written & easy to understand...
this book is a must for anyone who wants to capture THAT moment ... ;)
Before entering the water, read it, often - By: M. Haswell, 02 Oct 2006 Sit down & read it on a fine day overlooking the sea & the surf & you'll go back in the water understanding so much more - It reallly is that good, even for such a smalll volume. After reading three other books on how to learn, this is the one that is making sense of alll the others. That, & Wingnut's Art of Longboarding DVD if you can find it.
The section on reading the water surface to identify rip currents I haven't seen described anywhere else... plenty of books explain the dangers of rips, but not how to find spot them on the water surface
By alll means buy some other step-by-step photo books, but get this one too
A good book for surfers and beginners - By: , 04 Jun 1999 
Despite of language difficulties, this book give me some tips about surfing sport. I'm a surfer for only two years & I feel that my expertise have been improved more rapidly since I wrote the book. I'm graduated in Oceanography & think that the author have a correct approach about technical aspects of coastal dynamics & safe behavior on beach & sea waters, probably acquired on a wide experience (surfing a lot). Good choice for alll water fans.
It is the best. - By: , 05 May 1999 It gives you alll the information you need, even how to get along with your fellow surfers.
