Surfing Books

Surf Books

Can't You Get Along With Anyone: The follow up to In Search Of Captain Zero by Allan Weisbecker. Another great memoir of a surfer who finds paradise down south and then loses it because of a horrible vortex of a bad girlfriend, diabolical and sleazy ex-pats, and a few significant health problems. This book made me both want to travel to find the perfect wave, and at the same time be very grateful for the less than stellar waves I usually surf in my own area.

The Wetsand Wavecast Guide to Surf Forecasting: Good reference....even I don't do swell calculations myself (so many good Web sites doing this), but I like knowing how it is done. This book has lots of useful tips on guestimating local wind/swell changes.

Surf Science: if you want to geek out even harder on forecasting, this book goes into more detail and is interesting in a surf-oceanography-101 kind of way.

The Encyclopedia of Surfing: The best one-stop reference for surfing I have seen. Slang, history, places, equipment...this book is loaded. It can fill many hours of swell downtime.

In Search of Captain Zero: This is actually the best surf book I've ever read. It's a true story about a surfer driving with his surfboard and dog to Costa Rica to find a friend he hasn't seen in years. The author keeps it interesting throughout and has good ability to describe surf. He has a new book out that I'll definitely check out.

Surf Flex: Some useful routines in here for exercise with a surfing emphasis.

Stoked!: Good book of surfing history. Lots of good photos.

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