The History of Surfing

Born in Hawaii as a true philosophy of life, surfing rode the waves of the ocean to spread like wildfire around the world. Surfing exploded as a counter-culture in the United States after World War II and crossed the history of American society to become a global sporting and cultural phenomenon.

This volume tells the history of surfing, but also the stories of the great protagonists of this discipline: Eddie Aikau, Gerry Lopez, Mark Slater, Miki Dora... men become legends with their extraordinary lives, chasing the dream of an endless summer.