City Libraries, City of Gold Coast

The surfboard book, by Sean McCagh with illustrations by Tom McAuliffe and including photography by Sean Davey, Andrew Kidman, John Witzig and many others with Simon Anderson, Dick Brewer, Steve Lis, Bob McTavish and more

eng

Includes bibliographical references (page 152)

contains biographical information

portraitsillustrations

no index present

non fiction

The surfboard book

by Sean McCagh with illustrations by Tom McAuliffe and including photography by Sean Davey, Andrew Kidman, John Witzig and many others with Simon Anderson, Dick Brewer, Steve Lis, Bob McTavish and more

How design drives performance. Have you ever wondered how changing design will effect the performance of a surfboard, wanted to really understand what your shaper, surf shop or mates are talking about when they discuss bottom curve or rocker, or more importantly why a particular surfboard goes really well or struggles to perform in some situations? The Surfboard Book includes advice stories and design details from some of the most experienced and credible subject experts in the history of the surfboard in Simon Anderson, Dick Brewer, Steve Lis and Bob McTavish: each are known not only as surfboard shapers and designers but as innovators with a combined design experience approaching 200 years. The Surfboard Book explains: elements of surfboard shape and their effects on performance construction types: from traditional to modern sandwich construction important material properties including environmental issues basic types or classes of surfboard and how they perform how to go about choosing or specifying your next surfboard

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Surfboard book, how design drives performance