A young woman returns to northern Quebec to the remote island of her childhood, with her lover & two friends, to investigate the mysterious disappearance of her father. Flooded with memories, she begins to realise that going home means entering not only another place but another time. As the wild island exerts its elemental hold & she is submerged in the language of the wilderness, she sees that what she is really looking for is her own past. ...

Here, Griggs profiles a select group of individuals who are at the forefront of surfing today. Not just in talent & success, but in stories of artistic & personal inspiration & expression. Surfers include Luke Egan, Taj Burrow, Koby Abberton, world champions Layne Beachley, Wayne Rabbit Bartholomew & Mark Occhilupo, Maz Quinn, Ozzie Wright, Mick Fanning, & Joel Parkinson, as well as other international characters & super stars. Griggs gives an in-depth, personal look at the lifestyle of an intriguing, often misunderstood race. ...

Surfing`s not just for rebels anymore: anyone with the desire to ride a wave is grabbing a board & heading to the beach. Each year, this artform-cum-sport gains popularity as business executives, grandmas, teenagers, coastal dwellers, & adventure travellers get stoked to catch swells. This new guidebook by sports writer & waterman Elliott Almond is a primer for the uninitiated as well as a handbook for the experienced ready to build on their fundamental skills. Covering topics ranging from basic techniques to fitness prep (including exercises to get your arms ready for all that paddling & stretches to keep you limber) & from history, surf culture, & a complete explanation of gear, to how to find the right board for you, this book also features insights from industry leaders, pro surfers, & instructors. With more than three decades of surfing experience to share, Almond offers clear, authoritative guidance to help those venturing into uncharted waters find their way safely & confidently. It covers gear, fitness, safety, lingo, & rules of the water. It

Includes:: basic to intermediate techniques, surf culture, & competitive surfing. The author is an award-winning journalist & life-long surfer.

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Surfing: A Beginner`s Guide has been the go-to surf book for beginners since 1996. This third edition, now with the endorsement of Surfing Engl&, takes you through all the vital steps to become a surfer: you will learn where to surf, when to surf & how to surf safely. You will learn the foundations such as choosing the correct equipment, which is essential to make any progress as a beginner; pre-surf preparation, including getting fit with tips & advice; & your first surfer steps on the beach & in the ocean. All these stages lead up to you catching your very first wave & the surfing bug. The sea is renowned for its beauty, but infamous for its dangers. Alf provides you with transferable skills to safely enjoy your new hobby. Safety features heavily in the book, & you will learn all the basic common-sense aspects of surfing that even the most experienced surfer forgets. ...

In Surfing
- The Manual, over 50 top surfers bring you surfing's first ever skills & coaching manual, written by former Surfer
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Surfing Brilliant Corners details a decade of extreme global surf travel by professional longboarder Sam Bleakley, illustrated with stunning photographs by John Callahan. It takes surfing beyond the waves & packaged surf tourism to a wider sense of place & cultural identity. Sam travels from his birthplace in West Cornwall to Indonesia & the Philippines; through vibrant West African highlife in Ghana, to war-damaged Liberia; to Mauritania, where landmines litter access to some of the best waves on the planet; to a serene Buddhist oasis in Communist China; to Ecuador, Oman & Haiti, whose complex culture seeps into his psyche & captures his heart. He looks deep into the jet-black eye of a surfacing shark in Kenya, & faces a stacked set of foaming lips during typhoon surf in South Korea. Celebrating Thelonious Monk`s 1950s album Brilliant Corners, Sam explores how, like great jazz musicians, talented surfers use invention, complex rhythm, timing & spontaneity to turn impossible waves into beautiful & challenging music.` Surfing, ` he says, `has opened me up, split my skin, widened my horizons, & closed me down, because any obsession restricts your involvement in other aspects of life.` ...

Footprint's Surfing Britain & Ireland covers an extensive range of surfing spots & has been compiled by expert surf writer/photographer team, Chris Nelson & Demi Taylor. The guide

Includes:: all essential surf-breaks information, in addition to tips from Britain's top surfers & local experts, board advice from the UK

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Footprint's Surfing Europe covers a range of the best surfing opportunities throughout Europe for beginners & experienced surfers. Each destination in the guide is sub-divided into regional areas, each with tips on getting around & overviews of each beach & relevant coastline maps. Each recommended surf spot has detailed informationon swells, winds, best months to surf, & reef & tidal information in additon to tips from the world's top surfers. The guide covers surfing opportunities Scotl&, Engl&, Wales, Irel&, France, Spain & the Canary Islands, Portugal, Italy & Morocco. ...

The Haynes Surfing Manual is a complete introduction to this increasingly popular sport, covering history & culture, preparation, equipment, techniques, fitness, safety & travel. Clearly written by an enthusiastic & highly experienced surfer, & illustrated with superb diagrams & specially commissioned photographs, this is the perfect guide for anyone just beginning to surf as well as those who have already `got up`. ...

Topographic survey of France at 1:25, 000 in IGN`s excellent TOP25 / Série Bleue series. All the maps are GPS compatible, with a 1km UTM grid plus latitude & longitude lines at 5’ intervals. Contours are at 5m intervals except for mountainous areas where the maps have contours at 10m intervals, vividly enhanced by hill shading & graphics for rocky terrain. Colouring with graphics indicates different types of vegetation or land use (deciduous or coniferous forests, moors, orchards, vineyards, etc). PLEASE NOTE: coverage of France at this scale is currently being revised – the format & the presentation of each title are indicated by the letters at the end of its Sheet Reference number (e.g. 0416ET, 3531ETR, 1923SB, etc.)MAPS WITH FULL TOURIST OVERPRINT & AN ENGLISH MAP LEGEND: all TOP25 maps & the SB editions of Série Bleue have an overprint highlighting waymarked walking trails including long-distance GR routes &, where appropriate, ski routes. Symbols indicate campsites, gîtes d’etape, refuges, equestrian centres & other recreational facilities or sites, tourist information centres, cultural heritage, etc. Towns & locations of particular interest are highlighted.- ET or OT = single-sided TOP25 map covering approx. 29x 21 km / 18x 13 miles.- ETR or OTR = waterproof & tear resistant TOP25 map covering the same area as the corresponding ET or OT number, but double-sided, printed on a smaller size sheet with a good overlap between the sides.- SB = Série Bleue map with full tourist overprint; these maps, first introduced in summer 2014, each cover approx. 29x 24km / 18x 15 miles.SÉRIE BLEUE maps with numbers ending in E (Est) or O (Ouest): most editions now indicate the GR routes, but do not show any other tourist information. Map legend is in French only. Each map covers approx. 14x 20km / 9x 12 miles. ...