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1989
Noll, Greg With Gabbard, Andrea:
Da Bull – Life Over The Edge
North Atlantic Books, PO Box 12327 Berkley, CA 94712, 1989.
Soft cover,193 pages, 31 b/w photographs
Review
A chronologically scattered but interesting account of surfing and a life.
Features include ...
- Australian/Olympic tour 1956 (pages 70 –74),
- surfboard design (pages 93 – 100)
- the infamous “da Cat’s Theory of Evolution” ad for Greg Noll Surfboards (photo section).

1994
Neely, Peter :
Indo Surf & Lingo
P.T. Indografika Utama, Kuta, Bali, Indonesia
First edition 1990 (?)
Soft cover, 69 pages, 35 colour photographs, 6 black and white photographs, 5 black and white maps, 11 pages advertising.
Review
Early Indonesian surf guide with a large section devoted to language translations.

2003
Neely, Peter :
Indo Surf & Lingo
Published by Peter Neely
PO Box 714 Noosa Queensland 4567 Australia, 2003.
www.indosurf.com.au
First edition 1992 (see 1994 edition above).
Soft cover, 144 pages, 100 colour photographs, 5 color maps, 20 pages
advertising.
Review
"The original Surfer's Guidebook to Bali and all Indonesia.
Regularly updated and reprinted every few months in Kuta, Bali"
2003 Edition update and image contributed, with thanks by Peter Neely.

2004
Neely, Peter :
Indo Surf & Lingo
Published by Peter Neely
PO Box 714 Noosa Queensland 4567 Australia, 2004.
www.indosurf.com.au
First edition 1992 (see 1994 edition above).
Soft cover, 144 pages, 100 colour photographs, 5 color maps, 20 pages
advertising.
Review
"The original Surfer's Guidebook to Bali and all Indonesia.
Regularly updated and reprinted every few months in Kuta, Bali"
2003 Edition update and image contributed, with thanks by Peter Neely.

2003
Nelson, Chris and Taylor, Demi :
How to be a Surfer.
Penguin Books Ltd.
80 Strand, London WC2R ORL, England. 2003
Soft cover, 152 pages, 23 colour photographic plates, black and white photographs and illiustrations, Glossary.
Illustrations by Zac Sandler
Review
Very basic juvenile instructional book directed at UK surfers.
Chapters on History (Chapter 2) and Design (Chapter 4) are rudimentary.
The illustrations are an unappealing combination of and surfers and boards drawn over original photographs.
This copy, courtesy of Shoalhaven City Library.

1965
Nicholson, Robert B.:
The Pitcairners
With the assistance of Brian F. Davies
Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1965.
89 Castlereagh Street, Sydney.
Hard cover, 222 pages, black and white plates, Appendicies, Bibliography, Index.
Review.

2006
Nouqueret, Pierre, editor:
The Perfect Wave - The Endless Allure of the Ocean.
Abrams
Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 115 West 118th Street, New york, NY 10011.
www.abramsbooks.com
Hard cover, 161 pages, one black and white photograph (pages 10-11), colour illustration (pages 18-19,page 34), colour photograhs, Further Reading, Contributors, Acknowledgements, Photo Credits.
Review.
Originally published in French by Herme, Paris in 2004.
English translation by Nicholas Elliot, 2006.
An extensive collection of global wave portraits (only a small selection with riders, all unaccredited) by Sylvain Cazenave, Eric Cauche, and Tim McKenna.
The essays by Gillaume Dafau, Alexandre Hurel, and Pierre Nouqueret cover various aspects of wave formation, some notable breaks, and the art of surfriding.
The so-called "Hawaiian method" of estimating wave height is discussed, and repudiated, on page 158.
The text is not without error : " (Mickey Dora) never accepted sponsors, participated in competitions, nor sat for photos or interviews", page 152.

1874
Nordhoff, Charles:
Northern California, Oregon and the Sandwich Islands.
Harpers and Brothers, New York, 1874.
Reprinted Ten Speed Press Box 4310 Berkeley, California 94704. 1974.
Soft cover, pages, black and white illustrations.
Review
For the surfriding extracts and commentary , see:
1873 Charles Nordhoff : Surfriding at Hilo.

2007
Nunn, Tim:
Surfing
Chartell Books, Inc.
A Division of Book Sales Inc.
114 Northfield Avenue, New Jersey 08837, 2007.
Hard cover, pages, Glossary, Colour Photographs.
Review.
Extensive photograhic images from around the world circa 2006, most by the author.
The format is extremely (excessively?) large and will not fit comfortably on most bookshelves.
Even with this massive page size, many images are printed across two pages, with the inevitable join in the centre.
Cover image, right is cropped directly by an A4 scanner.

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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 comprehensive list of books, film, video and magazines, listed alphabetically.
From England,
and/or
The Water Log Surfing Bibliography
- excellent listing of books and journals by Daved Marsh, listed by category. From USA.