On a rising swell : surf stories from Florida's space coast /

"In this high-speed glide through Florida surf culture, Dan Reiter chronicles stories of the sport in a region that has produced some of the world's finest surf champions, Pipe masters, and surfboard builders"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Reiter, Dan R., 1977- (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, [2025]
Subjects:	Surfing > Florida > History > Anecdotes. Surfing > Social aspects > Florida > Anecdotes. Brevard County (Fla.) > History > Anecdotes. Brevard County (Fla.) > Sports > Anecdotes. Brevard County (Fla.) > Social life and customs > Anecdotes. Surf > Floride > Histoire > Anecdotes. Surf > Aspect social > Floride > Anecdotes. SPORTS & RECREATION / Water Sports / Surfing. HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV) Electronic books.

Table of Contents:

"Surf Lit"
Firsts
How to Be a Kook
Beneath the Sand
The Golden Age
Youth Movement
Passages from the Surfer's Bible
Juracan
The Halloween Swell, 1991
Frances and Jeanne, 2004
Why We Surf
Slater, in Bronze
A Field Guide to Spring Break, Cocoa Beach
Dick Catri, 1938-2017
Holding the Line
The Birth of Style
Three World Champions
On Shapers
Thickness Flow: The Larry Mayo Perspective
George Robinson: The True Line
Ricky Carroll: Portrait of a Grandmaster
One Summer Day
Thoughts on the Cold-Water Season
Inlets of the Mind
Core Surf
Noseride Obsessive
Openings.