Essential reading for kneelos

southpeakbrad · Post by **southpeakbrad** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 7:31 am

Tom, what a great thread!

Thanks for the tips you guys

Looks like this could be a good reference as well:
http://www.surfclassics.com/SurfLit.htm

Hoppo · Post by **Hoppo** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 7:49 am

Alfredo said : Two books I can recommend: 1) " All For A Few Perfect Waves" The audacious life & legend of rebel surfer Miki Dora. By David Rensin.
Almost read that book in one sitting. Couldn't put it down. Non Fiction.
2) "Caught Inside" By Dan Duane. One guys life of a year of surfing in Northern California. Non Fiction as well.
I could not agree more, great books that will keep you reading . Give "Caught inside" to anyone who does not surf ... If they don't get it after reading that book ... They ain't ever gonna get it.

mark ricketts · Post by **mark ricketts** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 12:54 pm

Kem Nunn's "Dogs of Winter" is superb.
its bloody tragic that an obsession that consumes so many of us has generated so little genuinely great writing. Matt Warshaw's and Tim Baker's compendiums of surf stories are okay - particularly for that brief window between lying down and falling asleep or for travelling but "Breathe" and "Dogs" are classics.

SFKneelo · Post by **SFKneelo** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 2:22 pm

Everyone loves a good shipwreck:

In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whale Ship Essex
(Be sure to hoard your bones...)

The Ship and the Storm: Hurricane Mitch and the Loss of the Fantome
(1st trip with the future Mrs SFK was Cozumel where we left right before it hit...)

Most books on Ernest Shackleton...

Did someone say SHAAAAARK?
The Devil's Teeth on the Faralllon's (Some here are close to that topic...)

When you're done with the Sea:
Death in the Grand Canyon
(Or, how to become bored with folks falling less than 300 ft to their death...)

MWROBERTSON · Post by **MWROBERTSON** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 2:23 pm

I've read all Kem's books. An excellent writer.

Try one his earlist "Tapping The Source".

Steeno · Post by **Steeno** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 3:47 pm

the storey of "Seacrhing for Michael Peterson"

Very Sad but very true

jdc · Post by **jdc** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 4:25 pm

"Shantaram"

not surfing but some snogging on the beach takes place at some stage.

prisoner escapes melbourne prison, high tails it to Bombay/Mumbai and then it unfolds...big book with many different appraisales from friends, particulaly travellers. Good or bad everyone seems to finish it!

Oh the life one could lead as a single man of the world

K-man · Post by **K-man** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 6:03 pm

http://www.louislamour.com/chronology.htm

An assortment of louie's are mandatory while sitting on the can...

Chris Buscemi · Post by **Chris Buscemi** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 7:07 pm

A Confederacy of Dunces...

stevea · Post by **stevea** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 9:52 pm

Yeah great thread never knew there were so many books on surfing
Tom save us the Tim Winton book nearly bought it about 10 times but could get my hand to the bottom of my pocket
I did have a copy of the Kama Sutra still try a few of the abundant kneelo inspired positions ,once pulled a glutamus maximus trying an equivelent of a barrel roll landed it but could stand up after (not that i wanted to)I was so much younger than today as well maybe its time for a re read
Books that sort of relate but not surfing have been the voyages of Captain Cook the description of sighting the first surfers is great ,as well as Thor Heyadahl s books
Anyway ive taken note of a few titles and will keep my eye out at the second hand stalls
Cant remember the title but Bob Mc Tavish has a book out ,of course George Greenough will be featured

Doc Turbo · Post by **Doc Turbo** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 10:00 pm

Tom, seems there is a great void in the library, and at Amazon too, just waiting for your wit, so get to work and start writing, and do us good!

you have come up with enough material from Farmer Bob to last a lifetime of stories

Stevea, good posting, next time get shallower (sic) pockets, so you can reach your cash faster

tomway · Post by **tomway** » Thu Dec 24, 2009 7:25 am

Wow - ksusa.org gets blocked by my server for 3 days and when I get it back there's about 300 books I have to read...

Thanks for all the contributions. So many of the sound great. The bunker spreckles with photos by art brewer sounds like it would be a winner. Glad to see there's some recommended fiction too. s*&^, don't know where to start

doc, my writing isn't worthy of any bookshelf, but I hope someone does the life and times of steve artis one day - it would be hilarious as well as interesting and... revealing (!)

Stevea, on a side note, Empire foam has just opened a huuuuge factory about 5mins from my house blowing blanks. they're doing a dual density eps/polyurethane combo blanks for composite boards and can blow/cut to ANY sizes you want. Looks like kneelo blanks will no longer be a problem! I'm stoked, great christmas news

Happy Christmas everyone, hope you all have a great new year - thanks for keeping us connected

szrbloke · Post by **szrbloke** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 5:08 am

Caught Inside and Breathe are without a doubt the two best books on surfing I have ever read.

Nats The Nat & Thats That - biog of Nat Young is pretty good as well; he's a bloke with a lot of facets.

The joy of Duanes book...is after reading it I decided I could no longer live away from the sea.

JackG · Post by **JackG** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 5:02 pm

I find Shaun Tomson's "Surfer's Code" to be an inspirational read. Good for the non-surfers in your life too.

womble · Post by **womble** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 7:29 pm

Stoked by Bob McTavish ... got this one for Christmas ... a fantastic read.

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