Rating: 
Summary: hope you already know how to surf...
Review: This book is written by a shortboard surfer who has taken up longboarding and is written exclusively from this perspective. If you know how to surf or have some working knowledge, the book has some good points. If you're a rank beginner, this is not your best bet for learning.As a beginner longboard rider, I found useful information about evaluating a longboard design (picking a board). The surf ettiquete section explains the basics but lacks visual guides for the rank beginner. Much of the remainder of the book describes how to perform shortboard type manuvers on a longboard - not of much use for the beginner. I agree with another review that the language of the book is in true surfer lingo (dude). That may be ok for the surf culture but seems unprofessional when reading an instructional book. In all, I found better information, free, surfing the web for info. The info included diagrams of wave structure and formation, and surf ettiquete. I'll probably purchase a true instructional video and sell the book back.
Rating:
Summary: Hope you already know how to surf...
Review: This book is written by a shortboard surfer who has taken up longboarding. It is written from that perspective. This is not a good book for beginners. I am a longboarder with 2 seasons of limited experience. From this book, I gained a knowledge longboard design and how to choose one to suit my needs. I also gained info on techniques to get past the breakers. I didn't get much else. I was looking for a good explanation and diagrams of etiquete, good starting techniques. I found brief explanations, again, written from a surfer-to-surfer perspective. I found more detailed info free while surfing the web. I also agree with another review that the language of the book is surfer lingo (dude) and seems out of place for an instructional book. I'm selling it back. I'll look for a good instructional video.
Rating: 
Summary: OK... But
Review: This book was really only of moderate usefullness. I got better information at my local surf shop.
Rating:
Summary: OK... But
Review: This book was really only of moderate usefullness. I got better information at my local surf shop.
Rating: 
Summary: Worth the read ... And a second read
Review: This has a lot of interesting and useful information on techniques to make a better surfer out of a beginner to intermediate level surfer - The comparison of short vs long board techniques were pretty good. I consider myself intermediate and when spring rolls around next year, I will read this again to improve my surfing.
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