1st Edition

Surfing Spaces

250 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

250 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

250 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

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Description

The act of surfing involves highly-skilled humans gliding, sliding, or otherwise riding waves of energy as they pass through water. As this book argues, however, this act of surfing does not exist in isolation. It is defined by the cultures and geographies that synergize with it – by the places, ideas, images, and other representations which at once reflect, create, and commodify this spatial... Read more

Chapter 1 Welcome to Surfing Spaces

Chapter 2 Turning towards Surfing Spaces

Part I

Chapter 3 Locating Surfing Spaces

Chapter 4 Relating to Surfing Spaces

Chapter 5 The Surf-Riding Cyborg

Chapter 6 The Relational Sensibilities of Surfing Spaces

Chapter 7 The Stoke of Surf-Riders

Chapter 8 The Event of Surfing Spaces

Part II

Chapter 9 The heterogeneous histories of surfing spaces and their cultural colonisation Chapter 10 The Imagineering of Surfing Spaces

Chapter 11 The International Influence of the Surfing Spaces Script