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Surfing in San Diego highlights the county’s rich surfing history, colorful characters, and innovations from 1907 into the late-1960s by featuring more than two hundred vintage photographs culled from CSM archives, family albums, surf photogs, and lost scrapbooks.

This unique book represents the first-ever attempt to organize a pictorial look at the early roots of the region’s surfing history that follows a logical format of time and place. Arranged into geographic chapters stretching from the Tijuana Sloughs north to San Onofre, Surfing in San Diego boasts a hardy list of San Diego’s finest and most unforgettable watermen timelessly captured at the area’s most surfable beaches in many, never-published-before photos. A portion of the proceeds from all book sales will go directly to help support the efforts and exhibits of CSM.
 Members:  $16.99                  Non Members: $19.99
Autographed: Members $21.00       Non Members: $25.00
To order call 760-721-6876          $5.00 shipping and handling

BOOK COMMENTS AND FEEDBACK

From Chuck ‘Gunker’ Quinn, Pacifica, CA: “It is the kind of book I will appreciate more and more with each passing day, as I delve deeper into the memories the book evolves, and learn more about the days of my youth which made me who I am today. It shows the history of our lives, times, and friends, which all of us hold so dear.”

From Carl Knox, Carlsbad CA: “It was a very nostalgic trip reading all the names of so many old friends that went almost forgotten. You really did a great job compiling names and photographs of surfing and beach lore. The book is fantastic. I am happy to be a part of it.”

From Cheer Critchlow, Cardiff, CA: “You have been able to rekindle those fantastic memories of people, and places, and boards, and surfspots that I haven’t thought about for years! Now I have something tangible to show my kids, and even more stories spill over as we re-visit that wonderful lifestyle. Great job!”

From Tubesteak Tracy, Malibu: “Just received this wonderful book. They sure did a wonderful job, the pictures are classic. Many thanks!”

Surfer Magazine Book Review, December, 2007
  By Alex Wilson
“This page is usually reserved for reviewing forms of entertainment that are served in bites that take no longer than two-and-a-half seconds to ingest and meals that take no longer than 40 minutes total. Typically, they’re accompanied by loud punk. Ideally, futuristic surfing is also involved. We get that, and we like it. But sometimes, while we’re all being visually herded headlong into the future, it helps to take a moment to look back. That’s the idea behind Surfing in San Diego. Granted, this book is exactly what it looks like: A collection of ‘50s and ‘60s-era black-and-white photos of people who surfed during a time gone by. And granted, unless you live in San Diego, or happen to be a surf historian, you’re not likely to rush out and pick it up. But that’s not to say useful documentation isn’t contained within. The images themselves, and the captions running alongside, help to fill the patchwork past of our sport. Unless we make an attempt to collect those pieces now – as the California Surf Museum has done with this book – we’ll lose them simply because we were too impatient to take a glance back.”
 

Encyclopedia of Surfing - Matt Warshaw
Matt Warshaws mind-boggling collection of information, personalities, terminology, technology, milestones...3 years in the making. To quote Warshaw; "Surfing, in fact, as it exists in these pages, is only sketched, not defined. I took on this project in part because it seemed as if I already had the spor's measure; that I knew its basic shape and contours the way I know the rooms of my own home. But the boundaries only expanded and the terrain grew more complex and interesting as the book progressed...the subject is so big and rich that only a highly distilled version can fit into 800 pages... "From A to Z, 1,500 entries from the world of surfing, illustrated with over 300 photos.
$40.00

Surfing - by Nancy L. Shiffer
Over 400 dynamic color photos and lots of information on important developments in surfing over the las century, from ancient Polynesian heritage to the Duke, to the California 50's and 60's heyday. items range from old postcards to milk bottles to clothing, posters, surfboards, vintage decals, record albums - all taken from the exhibition "He'e Nalu; Wave Riding," presented at San Francisco International Airport, 1997-98.
$44.95

Surf's Up: Collecting the Longboard Era - by Mark Blackburn
This is the first book to combine a detailed history of surfing, surfboards and related collectible items, with an accurate price guide. Hundreds of items pictured are from many of the best private collections worldwide, and represent the enormous range of popular surfing memorabilia. This is a book that all surf fans will covet.
$59.95

The History of Surfing by Nat Young
Legendary World Champion Young's book is the result of a lifetime of involvement with surfing and a deep interest in its history. He traces the development of the sport from the Hawaiian kings to the current crop of professionals. Illustrating the book are rare reproductions of early Hawaiian and Australian surfing that have never before been published, as well as work from contemporary surf photographers. 1994 revised edition
$27.95

 Surf Rage - A Surfer's Guide to Turning Negatives into Positives. Nat Young
The inspiration for this book came while Nat Young was in a hospital bed recovering from a brutal assault while surfing his home break at Angourie. He was trying to figure out some way to turn the negativity of the situation into something positive both on a personal level and for the betterment of surfing.
$25.95

 Let's Go, Let's Go! - The Biography of Lorrin "Whitey" Harrison; California's Legendary Surf Pioneer by
Rosie Harrison Clark
Steve Pezman of Surfer's Journal writes: "The mark of a true waterman was that he built his own toys and tools. For Lorrin, that list included outrigger canoes, lobster traps, hats woven of cocoa palm leaves, and surfboards, from the solid wooden planks of the early 1900s to the urethane foam models of today. In the process, Lorrin and his pals unconsciously invented contemporary beach lifestyle.
Hardback - $35.00, paperback - $19.95

 Surfing California - A Complete Guide to the California Coast. Bank Wright
$12.95

 Surfing Hawaii. Bank Wright
This book is for the surfer...that he may know and enjoy the best of the Hawaiian Islands! $11.95

 Surfer's Start-Up: A Beginner's Guide to Surfing. Doug Werner
The Original Surfing Guide That Has Stoked a New Generation of Surfers the World Over!
$12.95

 Longboarder's Start-Up: A Guide to Longboard Surfing. Doug Werner
Learn all about the Resurgent Riding Style That's Sweeping the Surfing Planet! Basic Skills. Classic Noseriding. Progressive Manuevers.
$12.95

 Hawaiian Surf Riders by Tom Blake
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 Maverick's - The Story of Big Wave Surfing by Matt Warshaw

Maverick's, the break, is big-wave surfing's new repository for myth and legend, and Maverick's, the book, is the first to capture the stories spun this fascinating subculture.

 $35.95

 Early California Surfriders - Pacific Publishing
Early California Surfriders was first published in 1946, an up-close and personal depiction in black and white of the known California hotspots of that time, from Pedro Point south to Windandsea. In the forward, Doc wrote, "The purpose of this volume is to present pictorially some of the thrills, spills, personalities and places pertinent to surfriding." This is the third edition, released in 1995, a wonderful addition to any collection.
$32.95

 Girl in the Curl - A Century of Women in Surfing by Andrea Gabbard
From four-time champion Lisa Andersen to current Australian star Layne Beachley, many of today's hottest surfers are female. But women have been an integral part of the sport since its beginnings among the ancient Hawaiians. Girl in the curl tells the stories of these women and captures their grace and athleticism in gorgeous full-color photographs. $29.95

 Hula Girls & Surfer Boys - 1870-1940 by Mark Blackburn
Powerful portrayals of Hula and surfing in the past represent the quintessential Hawaiian experience. Over 270 original photographs and post card images are presented chronologically from 1870-1940 to portray the evolving styles and popularity of these icons of Hawaii.
             $24.95