Essential reading for kneelos

RMcKnee · Post by **RMcKnee** » Sun Dec 27, 2009 6:21 am

Stoked for you Womble, and a tad envious.

Many great recommendations here but I'm surprised no-one's mentioned Phil Jarratt's fine biography of Jeff Hakman, Mr Sunset. (Gen X / General Publishing Group). Not fiction, but a great and very moving read.

Tomway, anything by Tim Winton's worth reading. Apart from being a great writer he has my respect for three reasons.
1. He's made a living from writing without compromising his work since his teens.
2. He's a surfer.
3. He does a lot for some pretty worthy environmental causes.

On top of all that he's a thoroughly decent kind of guy. Cloudstreet is a must.

stevea · Post by **stevea** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 2:36 am

Went out to buy Stoked by Bob McTavish and came home with Breathe by Tim Winton so far a great read thanks guys for getting me off the sex drugs and rock n roll trip although the last 2 books i read were a good read one on Led Zeppelin the other on Billy Thorpe ,the common denominator is they revolve around the same era
Could i be locked in a time warp or headed for a mid life crisis ...hope so

szrbloke · Post by **szrbloke** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 9:21 am

Surfing Dictionary by Jarrat and the bloke who drew Captain Goodvibes is a fun little book - might be hard to get hold of though. Brilliant cartoons!

Basswombat · Post by **Basswombat** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 8:56 pm

+1 on "Stoked". Got it for Christmas as well and really enjoying it.

My two favourites are "West Of Jesus" by Steven Kotler. The title is a little misleading - it's a great story about a quest to finds the origins of a surf legend.

The other is "High Surf" by Tim Baker. A great collection of stories that, to me, really capture the essence of what it is to surf.

Greg Little · Post by **Greg Little** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 12:51 am

I really enjoyed Kon Tiki and Dove. Two great books non fiction.

Tom Linn · Post by **Tom Linn** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 4:45 pm

Check out The Lost Coast by Drew Kampion. A series of short stories by a the legendary surf journalist.

Also, thanks everyone for all the ideas. I printed the entire post and am going to the book store to buy a few. I'm a big reader and always looking for a new cool writer.

skansand · Post by **skansand** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 6:20 pm

im reading West of Jesus right now basswombat... great book... the cover sold me

(ever hear that oz folk story of the Conductor in real life?)

all 3 alan c. weisbecker books are great reads.. too bad Captain Zero never got made into a movie...sean penn wouldve been rad..

two books that blow away their motion picture are Fear and loathing in Las vegas and Fight CLub.....

...but Fight Club is the best movie of all time....

maxb · Post by **maxb** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 7:15 pm

Fight Club ,Meat Loaf with boobs

Basswombat · Post by **Basswombat** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 7:32 pm

skansand wrote:im reading West of Jesus right now basswombat... great book... the cover sold me (ever hear that oz folk story of the Conductor in real life?)

Can't say i have - and I've also asked a bunch of friends the same question with no positive results... I guess now anyone who did say they knew of it probably got it from the book!

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Essential reading for kneelos

essential reading for kneelos