Overview
To its legions of followers, bodyboarding is quite simply the most intense watersport on the planet. Wherever you find waves that are too heavy for even the most gung-ho of surfers, there you'll find the boogers, screaming into dredging pits and scoring impossibly deep barrels. ""Born to Boogie: Legends of Bodyboarding"" tells the story of this incredible sport from 1971 to the present day. The pioneers, the champions and the underground chargers are all profiled, among them Tom Morey, Pat Caldwell, Ben Severson, Jay Reale, Mike Stewart, Michael 'Eppo' Eppelstun, Guilherme Tamega, Andre Botha, Ryan Hardy, Damian King, Ben Player, Jeff Hubbard, Mitch Rawlins and Pierre Louis Costes. Written by respected bodyboard journalist Owen Pye, Born to Boogie tells the tale of how the sport was created, how it developed, flourished, faltered and fought back to become one of the most exciting extreme sports in the world today. Filled with incredible stories spanning four decades and packed with iconic images, Born to Boogie is a book that every bodyboarder will want to check out.
Full Product Details
Author: Owen Pye ,
Mike Searle (Professor of Earth Sciences at Oxford University) ,
Mike Stewart
Publisher: Orca Publications Ltd
Imprint: Orca Publications Ltd
Dimensions:
Width: 25.60cm
, Height: 1.80cm
, Length: 22.60cm
Weight: 0.816kg
ISBN: 9780956789327
ISBN 10: 0956789323
Pages: 152
Publication Date: 15 June 2013
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
For the first time we now have a book of the sport s history. Owen Pye has written an epic chronicle. Mike Stewart, nine-times World Champion Stewart, Eppo, Tamega, Botha, Hubb, Player, Kingy, Hardy...each one has contributed something to the sport and has an amazing tale to tell. Born To Boogie is the definitive story of the history of bodyboarding. Matt Hawken, Kernow Bodyboarding What makes this book particularly special is its readability. In chapters chronicling the triumphs and anguishes of several of bodyboarding s most influential characters, Pye has penned the first comprehensive history of the sport with a series of gripping personal tales. Greg Leigh, Cape Argus, South Africa If you love bodyboarding you should get this book. Bodyboarder.com It s an honour to be part of it. Pierre-Louis Costes, 2011 World Champion
For the first time we now have a book of the sport's history. Owen Pye has written an epic chronicle. - Mike Stewart, nine-times World Champion Stewart, Eppo, Tamega, Botha, Hubb, Player, Kingy, Hardy...each one has contributed something to the sport and has an amazing tale to tell. Born To Boogie is the definitive story of the history of bodyboarding. - Matt Hawken, Kernow Bodyboarding What makes this book particularly special is its readability. In chapters chronicling the triumphs and anguishes of several of bodyboarding's most influential characters, Pye has penned the first comprehensive history of the sport with a series of gripping personal tales. - Greg Leigh, Cape Argus, South Africa If you love bodyboarding you should get this book. - Bodyboarder.com It's an honour to be part of it. - Pierre-Louis Costes, 2011 World Champion
Author Information
Author and journalist Owen Pye hails from Cornwall in the UK and he's a self-confessed bodyboard addict. A regular contributor to ""ThreeSixty Bodyboard""""Magazine,"" he has also worked as an entertainment reporter for ""New York Magazine"" in the US and for The Associated Press in Sydney, Australia. Owen's previous book, ""The Bodyboard Travel Guide,"" was widely praised in the international watersports press. Mike Searle is the former editor of leading European bodyboard magazine ""ThreeSixty."" He has edited several books including ""The Bodyboard Travel Guide"" and ""The Complete Guide To Surf Fitness.""
