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Books

Flicking through the pages of a good book can teach, inspire and fuel imagination.

If there is a good book on surfing we probably have it, had it, are getting it or are looking for it.

There are always new books arriving, but if there is one you’ve been searching for and you just can’t get your hands on it….drop us an email and we’ll do our best to track it down for you.

The Solace library ranges from autobiographies to art & photography and historic.

Here are just a few of them.

Price: $39
Pages: 100
Paperback

The town, the waves, the boards, the characters, and their tales. Take a journey back to a magic era when boards were big and crowds were small. Classic black and white photographs, many never published before, bring those landmark years back to life. NOOSA: Surfing the 60’s is a book with a message: You should have been there yesterday. For those who were, it will rekindle fond memories. For those who weren’t, it will recapture the spirit of those glorious years.

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Price: $65
Pages: 210
Hard cover

Switch-Foot is a collection of stories, interviews and art and photography that focuses on the artistic, non-competitive side of surfing. Switch-Foot is an independent production with an Australian focus featuring a cast of contributors that really brings together a tight little community of surfers spanning three generations. Get it, you’ll be stoked you did!

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Price: $60
Pages: 160
Paperback

It is a must-have book.

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Price: $45
Pages: 88
Hard cover

John Witzig got lucky when some of his friends got famous. He was hanging around surfing in Australia with the right people at the right time. This is an insider’s view of a remarkable period in Australia’s surfing history.

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Price: $60
Hard cover

For the young and young at heart. An amazing photography/art book that has a tale to tell. A young boy discovers an old man surfing at the beach one day. The boy is captivated by the old man’s dance on the waves. The old man takes the boy under his wing and teaches him the art of surfing. Way of the Bird takes us on a journey and opens a small window to the beauty of a surfer’s life.

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Price: $20
Pages: 320
Paperback pocket-sized guide book

Australia’s most detailed surf resource with over 1000 spots. It covers every state in Australia with precise, easy directions and detailed tide, wind, wave and swell data. Great for road trips.

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Price: $85
Pages:192
Hard cover

Tropical Dreams is a book that allows the mind to drift through the peace and tranquility of the South Sea islands. Here is a selection of photographs portraying the beauty and grace of nature’s playground. Along with quotations from various writers who have been inspired by the islands and their inhabitants.

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Pages: 240
Price: $99
Hard cover

Surf Book is a remarkable compilation of images and text, legendary surfer, Joel Tudor, and acclaimed photographer Michael Halsband, team up to take viewers on a surfing odyssey that is unique for its breadth, beauty and diversity.

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Price: $120
Pages: 300
Hard cover

From the markets and souks of Marrakech in Morocco to the blues of the Atlantic in Barbados, from Japan to Cuba, Italy, Hong Kong and Egypt, Sipping Jetstreams is a photographic journey of discovery and adventure. Humphrey’s two year odyssey focuses not just on the surfing but the places and the faces of each destination.

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Price: $99
Pages: 216
Hard cover

The tale of Bunker Spreckles (1949-1977) reads like a pitch for a movie to rival ‘Boogie Nights’. The stepson of Clark Gable is a privileged Los Angeles party boy who is heir to a multi million dollar fortune; passionate about surfing, martial arts, guns and women, he lives the life of a debauched international jet-setter before succumbing to his excesses at the tender age of 27. Born Adolph B.Spreckles III, heir to the Spreckles sugar fortune, Bunker became a famous surfer as a teenager, but after his inheritance came along, he began to slip into a life of pomp and excess where surfing took a backseat to drugs, sex and wild road trips.

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Price: $59
Pages: 192
Hard cover

At last, the complete collector’s guide to surfmovies, from the flickering images of breaking waves in the very first films in the 1890’s, to the take-no-prisoners surfvids of today. Surfmovies presents the sport, art and lifestyle of surfing, seen through the mirror of a century of film and video.

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Price: $29
Pages: 192

Paperback

A classic look at vintage surfing images including posters, movies, adverts, fabrics and magazine covers from the 1920’s – 1960’s.

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Price: $35
Pages:
Paperback

Michael Peterson, or MP as he is commonly known, ruled the surfing scene throughout the early to mid 1970’s. This is the only authorised biography of MP as told to Tracks Magazine editor, Sean Doherty. As completely as he had dominated, MP disappeared from the surfing landscape, and now after so many years of obscurity, he tells what is truly Australian surfing’s greatest untold story.

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Price: $35
Pages: 338
Paperback

Pipe Dreams offers unprecedented access to the globetrotting lifestyle and the rarely seen private life of the man who destroyed every record in surfing. Slater holds nothing back, because after six world titles, he has nothing left to prove – not to himself or to anyone else.

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Price: $35
Pages: 459
Paperback

Nat tells of the experiences he has had and we discover why he is regarded as the greatest surfer of the modern era and one of Australia’s finest athletes. But surfers are not like athletes and this book shows us why. A series of short stories uncovers his adventures of Australia pre-Vietanm, 1970 hippie Byron Bay, the good life in California, Kuta before the tourism boom, environmentalism, dope and international fame and its consequences.

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Price: $35
Pages: 384
Paperback

From street urchin to world surfing champion to boardroom heavyweight, this new and revised edition of the bestselling cult classic captures all the intrigue and adventure of Wayne ‘Rabbit’ Bartholomew’s remarkable personal journey. World Champion in 1978, World Masters Champion in 1999 and currently President of the ASP, Rabbit’s charisma, flamboyance and warrior spirit have helped define surfing over the decades.

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THE AUSTRALIAN SURFER’S JOURNAL

Price: $120

Volume One, Number Two
Volume One, Number Three
Volume one, Number Four
Volume Two, Number One
Volume Two, Number Two
Volume Two, Number Three
Volume Two, Number Four

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Price:  $99
Pages: 
Hard cover

 

One of the key image makers from the early 1960’s is LeRoy Grannis, a surfer since 1931.  He began photographing the surfing scene in California and Hawaii in the longboard Gidget era of the early ‘60’s.  This collection from Grannis’ personal archives showcases an impressive selection of surf photographs.  They are iconic images that capture the free spirited nature of the time before short boards and celebrity.

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Visions OF THE BREAKING WAVE
Author: Nick Carroll

 

Price:  $33
Pages:
Paperback

 

The simple beauty of the breaking wave has fascinated and inspired many people - from poets, scientists and artists, to the humblest sailor or beachcomber. 

 

It’s been the subject of some of the world’s finest surf and nature photographers, who’ve strived to capture the fleeting moments of the wave’s progress from swell to foam. 

 

This is a collection of their work, from coasts as far apart as West Australia and California, Indonesia and Tahiti, Africa and Hawaii. 

 

It is a volume of work that will strike deep chords amongst the hearts of anyone who appreciates the wave’s unique marvel.

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