Surf Craft: Design and the Culture of Board Riding (Mit Press)

This is a wonderful book. I bought it for my son who is a surgeon, and also an avid surfer. The illustrations are beautiful and the book is very informative in a pictorial way, rather than wordy. I noticed he has it on the table in front of his sofa, easy to pick and look at when he watches TV.I would recommend this book as a gift for any surfer who would enjoy the illustrated history of all the different types of boards.

Gave this as a gift & it was a hit! Contains a lot of info. Including board measurements!Great for surfers that want more history onThe development of surf boards!🏄‍♂️

Incredible book, high quality photos, perfect for the coffee table.

This book was a Christmas gift for my 14 yr old grandson. He is an avid and accomplished surfer. He was thrilled to add this to his surfing library. He shares it with his Dad. He also gets ideas for surfboard designs and recognizes the classics when he sees one.

Watching my father lovingly turn page after page and remark, "Hey, I used to ride with him!" or, "He shaped my first board!" or, "My brother rode one just like this in '68!", and turn with tears in his eyes to remark it was one of the best birthday gifts an old shaper/surfer could get, well, that made the whole purchase pretty much perfect. Don't expect bikinis and two-page spreads of 30'+ reef breaks... the boards (and their shapers/history) are the stars here.

Great book for the surf or water enthusiast who has everything! Also great coffee table book for a beach house near great surf!

Bought as gift for someone who not only surfs, but just started shaping his own boards. The content of the book is basically a wealth of ideas and history for the reader and was well received by the crew at the surf shop.

I am not a surfer, but I purchased it for someone who is. I found the book very attractive, and I felt it covered much history of the surfboard - both handmade and commercial. This was purchased as a birthday gift, so I'll have to wait until September to get the surfer's take!

The media could not be loaded. Very beautyfull book...but arrived with ten pages dameged.. shame about that cause it is very special book

Un libro para los amantes de las tablas de surf y el shape. Un recorrido de la evolución de las tablas de surf mediante fotografías de gran calidad. Está en ingles, el libro es más de imagen que de texto. Tapa dura y muy bien presentado. Igual un poco caro pero es un libro que no pasa de moda, es la historia del surf mediante la evolución de las tablas.

This book rocks!

Pour les passionnés de surf, de shape, ce livre permet de comprendre dmanière chronologique nottamment l'évolution du ou plutot des shapes... avec différents objectifs.Par ailleurs vous aurez des noms de shapers pas forcement médiatisés ms qui méritent d'etre connus...

Lovely book. Richard Kenvin is well know as a bit of an underground legend when it comes to riding this type of craft.The photographs are excellent in showing rocker and rail form if your thing is making them.