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1995
Hall,Sandra and Ambrose, Greg :
Memories of Duke - The Legend Come to Life
The Bess Press PO Box 22388 Honolulu, Hawaii 96823, 1995
Soft cover, 145 pages, 131 black and white photographs, Glossary, Index.
Review
In-depth coverage of the many facets of Duke Kahanamoku's life story, including his Olympic career, film work in Hollywood and surfing around the world. Australian surfing exploits pages 36 to 45 - also note photographs on pages 12 and 13. Many of the images are found in a multitude of publications, though some are very rare. The historical format is slightly jumbled and there seems too much reliance on the input of wife, Nardine, who he did not meet and marry till 1940. Good, but still not the definite work on Duke Kahanamoku.
See also:
Kahanamoku with Brennan: World of Surfing
Brennan: Duke

2004
Hall,Sandra :
Duke - A Great Hawaiian
The Bess Press 3565 Harding Avenue Honolulu, Hawaii 96816, 2004.
Hard cover, 112 pages, 112 black and white photographs, Notes, Photo Credits, Further Reading, Index.
Review
Expertly written chronological account of the major highlights of Duke Kahanamoku's life story, including his Olympic career, film work in Hollywood and surfing around the world.
The author maintains a fine balance between historical detail and personal insights of contemporaries.
The first 30 pages outline Hawaiian history, Duke Kahanamoku's heritage and the resurgence of surfing.
Australian surfing exploits pages 42 to 45.
Simple, but very effective, format of full page image (many previously unpublished) with paired with a page of text.
The beautiful design is complimented by the quality paper and binding.
Excellent, but still not the definite work on Duke Kahanamoku.
See also
Kahanamoku with Brennan: World of Surfing (1968)
Brennan: Duke (1994)
Hall and Ambrose: Memories of Duke (1995) - above.

2004
Hamilton, Bethany:
Soul Surfer
With Sheryl Berk and Rick Bundschuh.
Pocket Books - MTV Books
A Division of Simon and Schuster
1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020, 2004.
Soft cover, 213 pages, colour plates.
Review
"A true story of faith, family and fighting to get back on board."

1970
Handy, E.S. Craighill; Emory, Kenneth P.; and others:
Ancient Hawaiian Civilization
Review

1961
Harris, Reg. S.
Heroes of the Surf - The History of Manly Life Saving Club 1911-1961
Published by Manly Life Saving Club, NSW
Printed by Publicity Press Ltd. 1961
Hard cover, 100 pages, 132 black and white photographs, extensive membership/results lists.
Review
Well written, extensively researched and comprehensive account of the Manly Club, with background dating back to 1880, this book is also a photograghic feast.
Special mention:
1. Manly's Top Boardmen 1939-40, page Fifty-four -reproduced on Pods for Primates index page as Photograph #1.
2. The Birth of the Board, pages Fifty-two to Fitfty-six.
3. Surfboats, pages Forty-three to Forty-nine.
4. (Queenscliff) Bombora, page Ninety.
Now a significant historical record.

1983
Harvey, Richard :
A Surfing History of Queensland
- Gold Coast The Sunshine Coast Byron Bay
Olympic Productions and Publications Pty Ltd, Gold Coast Queensland. 1983
Soft Cover, pages, colour photographs, black and white photographs, numerous colour/two tone advertisements
Review
A rich store of rare and interesting photographs accompanied by an informative but disjointed text. A case of poor editing, the text jumps across time and geography without any recourse to headings or chapters, except for The Islands (Stradbroke) by Greg Curtis, page 78.

Hawke, Steve:
Waves
Chronicle Books
85 Second Street San Francisco, California 94105
www.chroniclebooks.com
Hard cover, 132 pages, colour and black/white photographs, Photograph Credits, Bibliography, Acknowledgments.
Review.

1931
Hay, Harry.: Swimming and Surfing.
Jantzen (Australia) Ltd
Lidcome, Sydney, 1931.
Soft cover, 14 pages, black and white illustrations.
Review
Remarkably concise and accurate swimming and surfing manual formulated from basic priniples.
The chapters on surf-shooting, detailing the technique for riding the solid wood finless boards of the period, are highly informative.
Harry Hay was an Olympic swimmer and later a recognised coach who competed in swimming races against Duke Paoa Kahanamoku and George Cunha during their Australian tour in 1914-1915.
He was instructed in the finer points of surfboard riding at by Duke at Freshwater, the morning of Sunday 10th January 1915.
For extracts, see
1931 Harry Hay : Surf Board Riding and Surf Shooting.

A pdf. copy of this book was contributed, with thanks, by Henry Marfleet, January 2008.

2004
Heimann, Jim (Editor) :
Surfing : Vintage Surfing Graphics
Taschen GmbH, Hohenzollerning 53, D-50672 Kohn. 2004
www.taschen.com
Soft cover, 193 pages, tri-lingual text, extensive photographs and images.
Review
Short history introduction in English , German and French.
A collection of surfing or surf-related photographs, drawings, posters, advertisments, book and record covers from 1784 to 1986.
Some have been previously published extensively, and a large number also appear in Schiffer 1998 and/or Blackburn 2001.
There are no credits.
Highlights :
Page 25     Prone board, Hermosa Beach 1933
Pages 44-45 Paul W. Gartner : Hawaiian Water Sled is Easy Build
Page 58     Beach patrol brochure, ca. 1935. (Solid woods)
Despite the text reading "Under the competent and skilled direction of the Waikiki Beach Patrol", the image shows a smiling beachboy riding over the top of a beginner.
Page 78     Postcard Sydney (Solid wood)
Page 79     Postcard Australia (Solid wood, Palm Beach SLSC)
Page 87          ????
Page 161     Hawaii Pop Rock Festival Poster, 1967
Includes Micki Dora surfing photograph - Malibu?
Page 171 : Coppertone Advertisment, 1967
Features Sharon Tate, an unfortunate victim of Charles Manson.

Hellmrich, Dudley:
1929 How To Swim - A Comprehensive Booklet on Swimming, Surfing and Natation Generally.
Caxton Printing Works
583A George Street, Sydney, 1929.
Review
For extracts see:
Dudley Hellmrich: "Origin of the Crawl", pages 11 to 15.
and
Owen E. Griffiths: "How to Shoot A Breaker", pages 230 and 231.

Hemmings, Fred
1977 Surfing
Grossett and Dunlap, New York
Zokeisha Publications Ltd.
5-1-6 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 106
Image, top
1977 Surfing : Hawaii's Gift to the World of Sports Image, bottom
Zokeisha Publications Ltd.
5-1-6 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 106
Image, bottom
Hard cover (spiral bound), 200 pages, 62 colour photographs, 5 black and white photographs, 1 diagram, 1 weather map.
Review
Basic text; History, Waves, Boards, Basic skills, Competition, Illustrated glossay; with high quality photographs (Steve Wilkins, Bernie Baker, Bob DeMello, Rus Calisch, Hawaiian State Archives). Most photographs current 1976, and featuring Hawaii and a conspicuous number of Lightning Bolt Surfboards. Although many of the surfers are recognisable (Hakman, Reno, Rabbit) none are credited except Fred Hemmings, Ian Cairns and Margo Oberg and Lyn Boyer (3 times!).
Special mention : board storage early 1900's, page 17. Other photographic points of interest include Jim 'Wildman' Neece and Gun page 56, Apia Stinger page 73 and excellent Duke Kahanamoku reproductions pages 18 and 20. In the Ilustrated glossary, entries for Kick out (page 116) and Prone out (page 117) indicate pre-legrope use, and no legropes or plugs appear in the photographs (exception : Lynn Boyer, page 87). The glossary also notes "Hanging ten seem(sic) to be a fad maneuver whose time has come and gone." page 112. The only photograph of Fred Hemmings' surfing is at Big Surf, Arizona, page 29.
Note: This book has a most unusual printing format, the pages have been punched and bound on a plastic clip inside a heavy board cover. Eight lined pages are included at the back of the book (pages 121 to 128) for the reader's notes.
Collector's note : The differences between the two editions is minor..
1. Cover variation.
2. Slighty shorter.
3. Text adjustment to title page.
4. Pages 8-9 Double page 'golden seascape' relpaced with "Preface, by George R. Ariyoshi, Governor, State of Hawaii".
5. One photograph changed, page 100.

Grossett and
Dunlap,
New York

Zokeisha
Publications Ltd.
Tokyo

Holden, Phil :
1991 All Action : Wind and Surf
Wayland (Publishers) Ltd, 61 Western Rd, Hove
East Sussex BN3 1JD England
Hard cover, 48 pages, 43 colour photographs / sequences, colour map, glossary, index.
Review
An unsatisfactory work that covers a large subject matter (surfing and windsurfing) in a rudimentary fashion. Photography (by the author) is competent, however the windsurfing photos are dated even for 1991. Allowing that it was published for the juvenile market, there are many similarly produced works that are significantly superior, e.g. Glyn Parry, 1994.
This copy, courtesy of Shoalhaven City Library.

2003
Holmes, Paul:
Dale Velzy is Hawk.
Croul Family Foundation
3535 East Coast Highway, PMB 350, Corona del Mar, CA 92625, 2006. Hard cover, pages, extensive black and white and colour photographs, Index.
Review
Excellent tribute to one of California's premier surfboard manufacturers.

2008
Holmes, Paul:
Bing Surfboards.
Pintail Publishers
Laguna Beach, California, 2008.
Hard cover, 192 pages, extensive black and white and colour photographs.
Review
Anexcellent tribute to the work of Bing Copeland, one of California's premier surfboard manufacturers, following on Holmes previous work on Dale Velsey, see above.

1993
Holmes, Tommy :
The Hawaiian Canoe - Second Edition
Editions Limited, PO Box 10558 Honolulu, Hawaii 96816.
First Edition 1981. Second Edition 1993. Second Printing 1996.
Hard cover, 220 pages, colour photographs, extensive black and white photographs, duo-tone plans, Glossary, Chapter Notes, Picture Credits, Index, Chapter Additions - Second Edition.
Review
Highly detailed history of the Hawiian canoe that includes ancient exploration, archaeological research and detailed design plans.
There are only a few references to surfboards, but the information on native Hawaiian timbers and ancient woodworking techniques has significant relevance.
Chapter 11 : Surfing details canoe surfing with some spectacular images.
See Surf Extremis Incredibilus

2001
Huntsman, Leonie:
Sand in Our Souls - The Beach in Australian History
Melbourne University Press
PO Box 278, Carlton South, Victoria, 3053, Australia, 2001.
Soft cover, 251 pages, black and white photographs, Notes, Bibliography, Index.
Review.
A dissappointing work that betrays its academic genesis and with a number of basic and inexcusable errors, for example "Surfing U.S.A., sung by Chuck Berry", page 97.

1994
Hynd, Derek; Jarrat, Phil and Carroll, Nick :
Rip Curl 25th Anniversary
Rip Curl, 101 Geelong Road, Torquay, Vic. Australia 3228, 1994.
Soft cover, 96 pages, extensive colour photographs,27 b/w photographs.
Review
Extravagant commemorative ‘brochure’ will detailed historical data (text and photographs), pages 4 to 39, pages 66 to 73 and pages 94 to 96. The remainder of the book features current hotties, snow, snow wear, surf wear and accessories. Page 96 unaccredited photograph : Wayne Deane/Duranbar. Simon Anderson rates contest listing (Rip Curl Pro Winner 1977 and in 1981 on his ground breaking Thruster design) and one 50mm x 50mm photograph. Special mention : Nat Young cutback, Duke Kahanamoku Contest 1969, Sunset Beach, page 20.

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Note
This is not a complete list of surfing books, only books read and reviewed for this site are listed.
For more comprehensive lists go to...
The Surfing Bibliography - Surfing Books
- Steven Whelan's (England).comprehensive list of books, film, video and magazines, listed alphabetically.
and/or
The Water Log Surfing Bibliography
- an excellent listing of books and journals by Daved Marsh (USA) listed by category. From USA.