Competitive Surfing
A Dedicated Approach
By: Brian Lowden
Hailed by Mark Richards in the late eighties as the worlds first surfing
Bible: Competitive
Surfing - A Dedicated Approach, has been updated for the surfer of
the nineties.
In Competitive Surfing, Deakin University academic and the world's leading
surfing researcher,
Brian Lowdon, has brought together the talents of the world's top surfers
and surf scientists.
The list of contributors reads like the Who's Who of surfing with professionals
such as world
champions Mark Richards, Barton Lynch and Wayne Bartholomew sharing
the secrets of their
success. Chapters include information on fitness, training, nutrition,
psychology, tactics, wave
dynamics and judging methods.
The book takes as a premise that all surfers are competitive. They must
constantly compete
against the ocean, other surfers and even themselves.
interviews
editorials
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