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1968
Kahanamoku, Duke With Brennan, Joe:
Duke Kahanamoku’s World of Surfing
Angus and Robertson Publishers Sydney , Australia 1968
1972 2nd Edition
A&R Paperbacks, Sydney , Australia
Soft cover, 167 pages, 38 b/w photographs, 14 b/w illustrations, glossary, index
Review
Competent account of early surfing that becomes more lightweight as it moves into the sixties. Early photographs are interesting but illustrations and some text are lifted from Kelly, 1965.Australia pages 35 –36 (there is no mention of his return for the Olympics in 1956). At Freshwater : 1915.

1962
Kaler, W.F. (compiler):
St Clair Surf Life Saving Club's Souvenir :
50th Anniversary 1911 - 1961
Otago Daily Times, circa 1962.
Soft cover, 64 pages, black and white photographs.
Review

1997
Kampion, Drew. Forward by Bruce Brown
Stoked : A History of Surf Culture
General Publishing Group Los Angles 1997
1998 Second edition
Benedikt Tashen Verlag GmbH, Hohenzollernring 53, D-50672 Koin. 1998
Hardcover, 216 pages, 274 black and white/colour illustrations and photographs, Bibliography, Photo Credits, Index.
Review
This is an excellent book. The text covers a huge amount of information, yet Drew Kampion's seamless style makes for highly enjoyable reading. The selection of illustrations and photographs is excellent, many not previously published. As an historical resource, it is a wonderful companion work to Nat Young's The History of Surfing. Only a pedant would quibble with the quality of this work.
Errata/Omissions/Quibbles:
1.Photograph, Page 67 'Aussie surf cars of the late'50's, owned by cineatographer Bob Evans and friends' - actually 'John Arnold and his mates in South Australia', Nat Young The History of Surfing, page 91.
2.Photograph, page 106 'Bob McTavish at Long Reef in 1967' - sorry, headland does not look like Long Reef.
3. 'The Shortboard Revolution', pages 107 -108. - fails to mention the significant imput by Midget Farrelly
4. Photograph, page124 'North Shore stretch' -the surfer is Tom Carroll
5. Photograph, page 147 'Surf signage in Engand shows significant cultural penetration.' - actually Kings Cross, Sydney, Australia.
6. 'Simon Anderson and the Three-Fin Thruster' - No mention of the Mark Richards' Twin fin II, the design that Simon Anderson was influenced by and supplanted.
7.'Nat Young and the Involvement School', page 107 - quotes re:'..two trains..' attributed to Bob McTavish, elsewhere attributed to Bob Cooper - can't find reference.

2003
Kampion, Drew. Forward by Bruce Brown
The Way of the Surfer
- living it 1935 to tomorrow
Harry N. Abrahams, Inc., Publishers
100 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 1001185 2003
Hard cover, 192 pages, extensive colour/black and white photographs,
Index, Photography Credits, Acknowledgements.
Review
A selection of surfer profiles from Woody Brown (hence the 1935 of the title) to Kelly Slater.
Despite much of the text being drawn from previously published work, there are several photographs that are possibly unique,
A close readng of Dick Brewer and Gerry Lopez's alternate accounts of
surfboard design circa 1967 to 1972 is very interesting.
Drew manages to get his other fetish, Bob Dylan, into the book, twice.
Similar format to...
Matt Warshaw's : Above The Roar - Fifty Surfer Interviews 1997
Similar title to...
Tom Adler : Surf Life 32 to 03

1965
Kelly, John M:
Surf and Sea
A.S. Barnes and Co.Inc., 8 East 36 Street New York 16, New York 1965
Hard cover, 304 pages, 58 b/w photographs, 22 b/w illustrations, glossary. bibliography, index
Review
Extremely intelligent and detailed account of surfing and the ocean from a US/Hawaiian viewpoint. Companion volume to Farrelly, 1965. Many photographs and diagrams have been reproduced in subsequent works. Extensive disscussion of board and fin design with diagrams, Chapter 7, and 'Body, Mat and Belly Board Surfing', Chapter 4. Historical artifact.

1975
Kinstle, James :
Surfboard Design and Construction
Natural High Express Co.
Long Beach, California.1975
Soft cover, 139 pages, extensive black and white illustrations and diagrams.
Image
This is not an original, but a photocopied version contributed by A.
-thanks to A.
Review
1. Probably the most technically detailed work on surfboard design ever published, many sections are unique.
It would be unfair to attempt a critical review at this point since I don't feel that I fully understand much of the work, in particular Chapter 2 Surfboard Dynamics.

2. October 2004
Further analysis of the book appears to indicate that much of the work on surfboard dynamics is in error.
Almost all the diagrams indicate a considerable portion of the board immersed in the wave.
This is generally not the case - as hydronamic planning hulls, surfbards plane on top of the water surface. This is illustrated in many photographs, see Bob Simmons in trim below.
See Fundamentals of Surfboard Dynamics

Kit Horn, Bob Simmons and Buzzy Trent.
Solid Laminates, Malibu, circa 1941 - 1944.
Surfer Magazine
March 1981 Volume 22, Number 3, page 36
The photograph is uncredited.

1968
Kirk, Cameron and Hanle, Zack :
The Surfer's Handbook
Publisher?
1968
Soft cover, 157 pages, 16 black and white photographs, 55 black and white illustrations, Glossary, Index.
Illustrations by Donald Hendricks.
Review
Mostly an instructional book (with the accompanying illustrations) with an apparent U.S. East Coast slant. Some mentions of Australia and Peru. Like other books of this era, publishing lag time meant it hit the shelves with photographs of longboards, when the Short board revolution (1969-1970) was in full swing.

1965
Klein, H. Arthur.
Surfing
J.B.Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York 1965
Third printing
Hard cover, 283 pages, 75 black and white photographs, 42 black and white illustrations, Index.
Review
Well written, standard surfing text with extensive detail in some sections. The early history section establishes the important relationship between weight and floatation in relation to solid/laminated/hollow/balsa and foam boards.Sections R, S and T include detailed illustrations of various riding techniques and plans for a surfing simulator - pages 166 - 167. Other craft include mats - M, prone boards - N (very interesting), body surfing - O, skis, boats, dories, hasake, canoes - V, and wake surfing - W. A suprising number of photographs are sourced from Australia, particularly surf boats and skis, and several (and some illustrations) are reproduced from Pollard : The Surfrider, 1964. The Australian board riding photographs include a rare Midget Farrelly at Dee Why, page 186. The excellent photographs of Dr Don James are used throughout the book (including the cover), many have been widely reproduced.

1967 Klein, H. Arthur.
Surfing
J.B.Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York 1965
Third printing
Hard cover, 283 pages, 75 black and white photographs, 42 black and white illustrations, Index.
Review
Well written, standard surfing text with extensive detail in some sections. The early history section establishes the important relationship between weight and floatation in relation to solid/laminated/hollow/balsa and foam boards.Sections R, S and T include detailed illustrations of various riding techniques and plans for a surfing simulator - pages 166 - 167. Other craft include mats - M, prone boards - N (very interesting), body surfing - O, skis, boats, dories, hasake, canoes - V, and wake surfing - W. A suprising number of photographs are sourced from Australia, particularly surf boats and skis, and several (and some illustrations) are reproduced from Pollard : The Surfrider, 1964. The Australian board riding photographs include a rare Midget Farrelly at Dee Why, page 186. The excellent photographs of Dr Don James are used throughout the book (including the cover), many have been widely reproduced.

1972
Klein, H. Arthur. Photographs by Donald H. James
Surf-Riding
J.B.Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York 1972
Hard cover, 30 pages, 30 colour photographs
Review
Basic scholastic text. Photographs range from early 1960's to early 1970's and craft include Paipo, outrigger canoe, rubber mat/raft, bellyboard, hollow wood, tandem boards, foam Malibus and 1970 short boards. Some of the water photography is excellent for the period. There are no credits for surfer/location and there are no page numbers.

1992
Knox, David :
Mark Richards : A Surfing Legend
Collins Angus & Robertson Publishers Pty. Ltd.
25 – 31 Ryde Road. Pymble NSW 2073 Australia 1992
Hard cover, 178 pages, 25 colour plates, 41 b/w photographs, chronology, index.
Review
A straightforward biography about a straightforward surfer, (and I mean straight!) contrast with Noll, Hakman and the contemporary Rabbit. Early photographs are very interesting – surf-o-plane, V-bottoms and hanging five. Colour plates have previously appeared in a plethora of publications. Unfortunately absent are 1970’s quiver photographs (Reno pins, Apia stings and MR twins) and the classic drop in on Shaun Thomson at Off-the-Wall circa 1976.

1889
Knox, Thomas W. (1835-1896) :
The Boy Travellers in Australasia
Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey to the Sandwich, Marquesas, Sociey, Samoan and Feejee Islands and Through the Colonies of New Zealand, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia.
New York Harper & Brothers 1889.
Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1902.
Charles Tuttle Co, Rutland, Vermont & Tokyo, Japan. reprinted1971.
Paul Flesch & Company, Melbourne.1971
Hard cover, 538 pages, one leaf of coloured plates, extensive black and white illustrations and maps.
Review
One of a series of juvenile world-wide travel books, with a large section on Hawaii.
Originally published in 1888, for the Australian centenary celebrations.
Includes a description of several surf board riders at Hilo who perform for payment, pages 31 - 32.
- perhaps the first record of professional surfers?
For extract see Surfing at Hilo.
Accompanied by a woodblock Surfing at Hilo, see Dela Vega, page 24...
First printed in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, August - September , 1873, pages 382 - 402? Attributed to Commander William Bainbridge Hoff of the flagship California, it accompanied a two part article "Hawaii nei" by Chales Nordhoff. The article and woodblock (without credit) were subesquently reprinted in
Nordhoff, Charles :
Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands
Harpers & Brothers, N.Y. 1874.

1963
Kuhns, Grant :
On Surfing
Charles E. Tuttle Company
Rutland, Vermont and Tokyo, Japan 1962
Hard cover, 119 pages, 14 black and white photographs, 16 black and white illustrations, 6 black and white maps, Glossary.
Review
Early book with emphasis on surf skills. Photographs are basic and do not credit the surfers.

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.