Surf Nation
In Search of the Fast Lefts and Hollow Rights of Britain and Ireland
1st Edition
Published on 4. September 2008
352 pages
978-1-84739-486-6 (ISBN)
Description
If golf is the new football, then surfing must be the new golf. People are flocking to the sport in record numbers, often defying the unforgiving British climate to make the best of what can be some world-class waves.
But is it all just surf dudes in VW camper vans heading down for a week's hell-raising in Newquay? Or is the sport attracting a wider range of addicts, often eschewing the established beaches in pursuit of a more solitary, and sometimes more dangerous, goal?
In SURF NATION: IN SEARCH OF THE FAST LEFTS AND HOLLOW RIGHTS OF BRITAIN AND IRELAND, Alex Wade takes the pulse of these islands' surfing credentials, and finds a growing army of devotees as well as some stunning locations. A witty and engaging mix of travelogue, reportage and guide to where to find the best breaks, SURF NATION reveals Britain and Ireland to be not just a growing hotbed of surfers but a surf destination of real credibility.
But is it all just surf dudes in VW camper vans heading down for a week's hell-raising in Newquay? Or is the sport attracting a wider range of addicts, often eschewing the established beaches in pursuit of a more solitary, and sometimes more dangerous, goal?
In SURF NATION: IN SEARCH OF THE FAST LEFTS AND HOLLOW RIGHTS OF BRITAIN AND IRELAND, Alex Wade takes the pulse of these islands' surfing credentials, and finds a growing army of devotees as well as some stunning locations. A witty and engaging mix of travelogue, reportage and guide to where to find the best breaks, SURF NATION reveals Britain and Ireland to be not just a growing hotbed of surfers but a surf destination of real credibility.
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Alex Wade is a freelance journalist and lawyer who advises several national newspapers on legal issues. He lives with his family in Cornwall.
Content
- Cover
- Also by Alex Wade
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- PART ONE
- 1 Zed's Place
- 2 Logo Beach
- 3 Six Feet and Over
- 4 The Legions of the Unjazzed
- 5 Badlands
- 6 Cribbar Green Rooms
- 7 Extremely Watergate
- PART TWO
- 8 Jersey Juice/Brighton Rock
- 9 It Only Works With an Easterly
- 10 Tiki Tim
- 11 California
- 12 The Longest Wave
- PART THREE
- 13 Mr Steady and Santa Cruz
- 14 The Blessed Church of the Open Sky
- 15 PJ and the Prince
- 16 Dumps
- 17 Charlie Does Surf
- 18 The Cliffs
- PART FOUR
- 19 It's Glassy Up North
- 20 Cold Rush
- 21 59 Degrees North
- 22 Sunshine
- Acknowledgements
- Glossary
