With its comprehensive text and brilliant full-colour photos, "The Complete Guide to Surfing" clearly and vividly explains the world of surfing. Here is everything you need to paddle out and join in. Veteran surfing writer and California surfing pioneer Peter Dixon takes the reader step by step through basics such as choosing the right board, reading waves, paddling out, and from making your first ride through intermediate and advanced techniques. You'll learn the subtleties of board design, eti...
An exhilarating adventure awaits the whitewater enthusiast who follows any of the detailed runs in this newly revised guide. With close attention to the 100 very best runs available on the North American continent, the author focuses on: -- equipment, trip planning, and whitewater fundamentals; -- the location of each run, along with its distance and class (difficulty); -- the seasons, outfitters, and average price range; -- descriptions of the terrain and types of rapids encountered along t cou...
This nautical medley combines wit and wisdom for present-day sailors, acquired over the author's lifetime. Serious advice blends with humorous anecdotes in essential bunk-side (or bedside) reading, both for sailors and for landlubbers.
Cuaderno de Ejercicios para el Preparador Fisico de Waterpolo
by Wanceulen Notebook
"Extreme Surf" illustrates the most extreme surfing behavior. It explores the candidates for the world's gnarliest and fastest wave. It journeys up the Amazon to reveal the fearsome pororoca and travels to England for a surf ride that can last over an hour and where the major hazards are dead sheep, trees, and old refrigerators. It also includes the giant breaks of the surfing world--Jaws, Dungeons, Cyclops, Shiptern's Bluff, and Cortes Bank--and reveals the most feared waves from Northern Calif...
Whitewater Kayak - Wherever There Is a Channel for Water - Henry David Thoreau
by Styles Composition Notebooks
Rowing can be traced back to as early as 1430 BC, with oarsmanship mentioned in Egyptian funeral inscriptions and Virgil, including rowing as a funeral game in the Aeneid. Rowing as a sport can be traced back to the early eighteenth century where teams competed against each other on the River Thames. The famous Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race, begun in 1829, has been held annually ever since. Author R. C. Lehmann was an English writer and Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons f...
Skimboarding Is My Passion (My Passion, #18)
by Cox House Publishing