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Title: Surfing: A History of the Ancient Hawaiian Sport by James D. Houston, Ben R. Surfing, the Sport of Hawaiian Kings Finney ISBN: 0-87654-594-0 Publisher: Pomegranate Pub. Date: April, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: Flat Seas
Comment: Surfing: A History of the Ancient Hawaiian Sport by Ben Finney and James D. Houston, which calls itself 'the first book to chart surfing's Pacific origins in the context of Polynesian culture,' has its juiceless roots in Finney's mid-Sixties master's thesis at the University of Hawaii. Written without apparent enthusiasm or verve, the book plods along, its undistinguished text style flattening what should be a colorful, vital, and fascinating history. For the 30th anniversary addition, the authors decided not to bring the book up to date, a strategy which might have worked had the original been stronger. But Surfing: A History of the Ancient Hawaiian Sport, at a slim 117 pages, could badly use some lively additional material. In its present form, it is no classic.
Though the book contains a variety of prints of traditional Hawaiian surfing practices and customs, there are surprisingly few historical photos, and less than a handful from the post-Forties period. Though most of the photos included are excellent, a vivid photo documentary Surfing: A History of the Ancient Hawaiian Sport is not.
The book may be useful to students or novice researchers, but most of the information contained here can be found elsewhere, and in brighter, more stimulating form. The book does include interesting maps of the most heavily-used surfing areas in ancient times, a pronunciation guide, an appendix of Hawaiian surfing terms, and observations of men and women surfing by Mark Twain and Jack London as they witnessed it in 1872 and 1911.
Rating: 4
Summary: Good
Comment: This is a great book with lots of awesome pictures, this book is great, I really recommend it!
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Title: History of Surfing by Nat Young ISBN: 0959181644 Publisher: B & G Enterprises Pub. Date: November, 1998 List Price(USD): $32.95 |
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Title: Surfs Up: Collecting the Longboard Era (Schiffer Book for Collectors) by Mark Blackburn ISBN: 076431355X Publisher: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. Pub. Date: August, 2001 List Price(USD): $59.95 |
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Title: Hula Girls and Surfer Boys by Mark Blackburn ISBN: 0764310429 Publisher: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. Pub. Date: 1999 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Encyclopedia of Surfing by Matt Warshaw ISBN: 0151005796 Publisher: Harcourt Pub. Date: 06 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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Title: Classic Surf Picture Portfolio by Jack Reinhold ISBN: 0964806002 Publisher: Jack Reinhold Pub. Date: 15 November, 1995 List Price(USD): $175.00 |
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