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| 1975 Haddon, A.C. and Hornell, James: Canoes of Oceania. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publications 27, 28, and 29. Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1975. Soft cover, (Vol 1, 446 pages; Vol 2, 342 pages; Vol 3, 88 pages), black and white illustrations, photographs, maps, Bibliographies. Review Reprint of three Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publications, 1936, 1937, and 1938. Note Hornell's quotation
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| 1995 Hall, Sandra and Ambrose, Greg : Memories of Duke - The Legend Comes to Life The Bess Press PO Box 22388 Honolulu, Hawaii 96823, 1995 Soft cover, 145 pages, 131 black and white photographs, Glossary, Index. Review In-depth coverage of the many facets of Duke Kahanamoku's life story, including his Olympic career, film work in Hollywood and surfing around the world. Australian surfing exploits pages 36 to 45 - also note photographs on pages 12 and 13. Many of the images are found in a multitude of publications, though some are very rare. The historical format is slightly jumbled and there seems too much reliance on the input of wife, Nardine, who he did not meet and marry till 1940. Good, but still not the definite work on Duke Kahanamoku. See also: Kahanamoku with Brennan: World of Surfing (1968) Brennan: Duke (1968, 1974, 1994) |
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| 2004 Hall,Sandra : Duke - A Great Hawaiian The Bess Press 3565 Harding Avenue Honolulu, Hawaii 96816, 2004. Hard cover, 112 pages, 112 black and white photographs, Notes, Photo Credits, Further Reading, Index. Review Expertly written chronological account of the major highlights of Duke Kahanamoku's life story, including his Olympic career, film work in Hollywood and surfing around the world. The author maintains a fine balance between historical detail and personal insights of contemporaries. The first 30 pages outline Hawaiian history, Duke Kahanamoku's heritage and the resurgence of surfing. Australian surfing exploits pages 42 to 45. Simple, but very effective, format of full page image (many previously unpublished) with paired with a page of text. The beautiful design is complimented by the quality paper and binding. Excellent, but still not the definite work on Duke Kahanamoku. See also Kahanamoku with Brennan: World of Surfing (1968) Brennan: Duke (1968) Hall and Ambrose: Memories of Duke (1995) - above. |
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| 1970 Handy, E.S. Craighill; Emory, Kenneth P.; and others: Ancient Hawaiian Civilization Review |
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| 1956 Harkins, Philip: Young Skin Diver William Morrow and Company, New York, 1956. Hard cover, 188 pages, black and white plates. Review Juvenile novel relating how two young surfers, after near drowning suspend surfing, become enthusiastic skin-divers after their rescue by a staff member of California's Scripps Research Institute. With the slightest touch of teenage romance, this early surfing novel was quickly drowned in the monstrous wave of Frederick Kohner's Gidget, published in 1957, followed by seven more Gidget novels, three films and a television series. Without the drama of the near-fatal drowning, the book, to some extent, foretells the career of big wave surfer, Duke contest winner and oceanographer, Ricky Grigg. See: Grigg, Ricky and Church, Ron : Surfer in Hawaii : A Guide to ... the Hawaiian Islands (1963) and Grigg, Ricky: Big Surf, Deep Dives and the Islands - My Life in The Ocean (1998). |
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| Hawke, Steve: Waves Chronicle Books 85 Second Street San Francisco, California 94105 www.chroniclebooks.com Hard cover, 132 pages, colour and black/white photographs, Photograph Credits, Bibliography, Acknowledgments. Review. |
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| 1931 Hay, Harry.: Swimming and Surfing. Jantzen (Australia) Ltd Lidcome, Sydney, 1931. Soft cover, 14 pages, black and white illustrations. Review Remarkably concise and accurate swimming and surfing manual formulated from basic priniples. The chapters on surf-shooting, detailing the technique for riding the solid wood finless boards of the period, are highly informative. Harry Hay was an Olympic swimmer and later a recognised coach who competed in swimming races against Duke Paoa Kahanamoku and George Cunha during their Australian tour in 1914-1915. He was instructed in the finer points of surfboard riding at by Duke at Freshwater, the morning of Sunday 10th January 1915. For extracts, see 1931 Harry Hay : Surf Board Riding and Surf Shooting. A pdf. copy of this book was contributed, with thanks, by Henry Marfleet, January 2008. |
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| 2004 Heimann, Jim (Editor) : Surfing : Vintage Surfing Graphics Taschen GmbH, Hohenzollerning 53, D-50672 Kohn. 2004 www.taschen.com Soft cover, 193 pages, tri-lingual text, extensive photographs and images. Review Short history introduction in English , German and French. A collection of surfing or surf-related photographs, drawings, posters, advertisments, book and record covers from 1784 to 1986. Some have been previously published extensively, and a large number also appear in Schiffer (1998) and/or Blackburn (2001). There are no credits. Highlights : Page 25 Prone board, Hermosa Beach 1933 Pages 44-45 Paul W. Gartner : Hawaiian Water Sled is Easy Build Page 58 Beach patrol brochure, ca. 1935. (Solid woods) Despite the text reading "Under the competent and skilled direction of the Waikiki Beach Patrol", the image shows a smiling beachboy riding over the top of a beginner. Page 78 Postcard Sydney (Solid wood) Page 79 Postcard Australia (Solid wood, Palm Beach SLSC) Page 87 ???? Page 161 Hawaii Pop Rock Festival Poster, 1967 Includes Micki Dora surfing photograph - Malibu? Page 171 : Coppertone Advertisment, 1967 Features Sharon Tate, an unfortunate victim of Charles Manson. |
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| 2010 Heller, Peter: Kook: What Surfing Taught Me About Love, Life, and Catching the Perfect Wave Simon & Schuster, USA, July 2010. Paperback, 336 pages. Review Unusual and interesting book by a experienced outdoors enthusiast (kayaking, hiking, climbing) who comes to surfing later in life in the mid 1980s (?). |
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| 1929 Hellmrich, Dudley: How To Swim - A Comprehensive Booklet on Swimming, Surfing and Natation Generally. Caxton Printing Works 583A George Street, Sydney, 1929. Review For extracts see: Dudley Hellmrich: "Origin of the Crawl", pages 11 to 15. and Owen E. Griffiths: "How to Shoot A Breaker", pages 230 and 231. |
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| 2017 Hough-Snee, D. Z. and Eastman, A. S. (editors): The Critical Surf Studies Reader Duke University Press, Durham, NC,2017, Paperback, 480 pages, Review One of several similar works from academia appearing in the early 21st century, I found this a difficult read, some passages almost indecipherable. I am indebted to Ralf Buckley for his concise, erudite and refreshingly candid review of this work. Buckley notes that "Critical" in the title refers to Critical Theory, which aims to question power, domination, and the status quo, in order to change society as well as studying it; whereas he has argued that individual opportunities and choices for leisure and recreation, as well as attitudes to nature and the outdoors, are all embedded in human cultures. Initially puzzled by the editors' claim that the work questions the appropriation of surfing studies within corporate university models, given it is published by Duke University Press; after listing numerous difficulties, Ralf Buckley concludes that the reader is left trying to discern messages amidst tangled pieces of tiny tortuous text. Unfortunately, many of these messages, once we find them, seem to be rather obvious; (and) none of these observations seem particularly novel or noteworthy. Ralf Buckley: Review of The Critical Surf Studies Reader. Taylor and Francis Online, 8 November 2017 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/11745398.2017.1401483 Works by contributors: Walker, Isaiah Helekunihi: Waves of Resistance : Surfing and History in Twentieth-century Hawaiʻi (2011) Stranger, Mark: Surfing Life: Surface, Substructure and the Commodification of the Sublime (2011) Warren, Andrew and Gibbson, Chris: Surfing Places, Surfboard Makers (2014) Also see: Westwick, Peter and Neushul, Peter: The World in the Curl: An Unconventional History of Surfing (2013) Laderman, Scott: Empire in Waves - A Political History of Surfing (2014) |
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| 1991 Holden, Phil : All Action : Wind and Surf Wayland (Publishers) Ltd, 61 Western Rd, Hove East Sussex BN3 1JD England Hard cover, 48 pages, 43 colour photographs / sequences, colour map, glossary, index. Review An unsatisfactory work that covers a large subject matter (surfing and windsurfing) in a rudimentary fashion. Photography (by the author) is competent, however the windsurfing photos are dated even for 1991. Allowing that it was published for the juvenile market, there are many similarly produced works that are significantly superior, e.g. Glyn Parry: Stoked (1994). This copy, courtesy of Shoalhaven City Library. |
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| 1993 Holmes, Tommy : The Hawaiian Canoe - Second Edition Editions Limited, PO Box 10558 Honolulu, Hawaii 96816. First Edition 1981. Second Edition 1993. Second Printing 1996. Hard cover, 220 pages, colour photographs, extensive black and white photographs, duo-tone plans, Glossary, Chapter Notes, Picture Credits, Index, Chapter Additions - Second Edition. Review Highly detailed history of the Hawiian canoe that includes ancient exploration, archaeological research and detailed design plans. There are only a few references to surfboards, but the information on native Hawaiian timbers and ancient woodworking techniques has significant relevance. Chapter 11 : Surfing details canoe surfing with some spectacular images. See Surf Extremis Incredibilus |
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| 1946 Hornell, James: Water Transport- Origins and Early Evolution. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge,1946. Hard cover, 307 pages, black and white illustrations, Literature Cited, Index, 45 pages of black and white plates, map. Review For extracts, see: 1946 James Hornell : Water Transport. Online
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Hoskins, Ian: Sydney Harbour - A History. UNSW Press, Sydney, 2009. Hard cover, 359 pages, black and white illustrations and photographs, colour plates, maps, Acknowledgements, Notes, Select Bibliography, Index. Review Excellent, For extracts, see: 2009 Ian Hoskins : Sydney Harbour. |
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| 2006 Hunt, James (editor): Beyond the Green Room - A History of Boardrider Clubs from Bondi to Garie Christian Surfers Australia, 1 Darley Road Manly NSW 2095, 2006. (02) 9977 6249 www.christiansurfers.org.au Surfing NSW, 'The Pavillion', Marine Parade, Maroubra Beach NSW 2035, 2006. (02)9349 7055 www.surfingnsw.com.au Soft cover, 120 pages, black and white photographs, Acknowledgements. Review A series of surfer and club profiles compiled and (apparently) funded by the Mission Australia, Christian Surfers Australia and Surfing NSW,. Most accounts are personal reminiscences in conjunction with archival material, mostly photographs. Forwards by Rabbit Batholomew and Mark Occy Occhilupo. The introductory notes on the NSW Surfriders Association and the Southside Surfriders Association places the contributions in a broader historical context. The earliest recorded club is South Bondi Surfboard Riders Club, circa 1947, with notes by Barrie Magoo McGuigan, Scott Dillon and Dennis Collette, pages 10 to 13. Similar
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