Surfing. 1778–Today

ISBN-13: 9783836547505 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 592 str.

Jim Heimann

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The sport of kings: More than 200 years of surfing culture

This platinum tome is the most comprehensive visual history of surfing to date, marking a major cultural event as much as a publication. Following three and a half years of meticulous research, it brings together more than 900 images to chart the evolution of surfing as a sport, a lifestyle, and a philosophy.

The book is arranged into five chronological chapters, tracing surfing culture from the first recorded European contact in 1778 by Captain James Cook to the global and multi-platform phenomenon of today. Utilizing institutions, collections, and photographic archives from around the world, and with accompanying essays by the world s top surf journalists, it celebrates the sport on and off the water, as a community of 20 million practitioners and countless more devotees, and as a leading influence on fashion, film, art, and music.

An unrivaled tribute to the breadth, complexity, and richness of surfing, this book is a must-have for any serious player on the surfing scene and anybody who aspires to the surfing lifestyle. As one surfing scribe has declared There has never been a book like this, and there will never be another one again. "

Recenzje

"Das beste Buch übers Surfen ever... So gewaltig und voller kleiner Wunder wie das Meer... Ein Buch, das in Wort und Bild erzählen kann, warum Bretter auf Wasser magische Vehikel in eine andere Welt sein können. Dieses Buch ist das ultimative Geschenk für jeden Surfer." Süddeutsche Zeitung

O autorze

Kulturanthropologe und Grafikdesign-Experte Jim Heimann ist Executive Editor bei TASCHEN in Los Angeles. Er ist Autor zahlreicher Bücher über Architektur, Popkultur und die Geschichte der amerikanischen Westküste, insbesondere Los Angeles und Hollywood, darunter TASCHEN's Surfing, Los Angeles. Porträt einer Stadt, California Crazy und die Buchreihe All-American Ads.