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English
Description
Investigates colossal ship-swallowing rogue waves and the surfers who seek them out. For centuries, mariners have spun tales of gargantuan waves, 100 feet high or taller. Until recently scientists dismissed these stories; waves that high would seem to violate the laws of physics. But in the past few decades, as a number of ships have vanished and new evidence has emerged, oceanographers realized something was brewing in the planet's waters. They found...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
447 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Surfing only looks like a sport. To initiates, it is something else entirely: a beautiful addiction, a demanding course of study, a morally dangerous pastime, a way of life. Raised in California and Hawaii, Finnegan started surfing as a child. He has chased waves all over the world, wandering for years through the South Pacific, Australia, Asia, Africa. A bookish boy, and then an excessively adventurous young man, he went on to become a writer and...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 90 minutes) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
A companion to Nat Youngs legendary History of Surfing - the biggest-selling surfing book ever - this groundbreaking documentary presents the history of surfing in Australia from its origins in 1915, through its development with wooden boards, the Malibu revolution of the 50s and 60s, the shortboard revolution of the 70s and into the radical 80s. Written, directed and narrated by Nat Young, a four-time World Champion who was integral to surfings evolution...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 110 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
A definitive K-12 of surfing in Australia, Bombora tells the story of Australian beach culture through our surfing champions, writers, pioneers, entrepreneurs, mavericks, legends, drop-outs and drop-ins. The two-part series follows the rise of surfing and its culture in Australia, using archival footage and classic Australian music to illustrate its growing importance in Australian society in the 20th century and beyond. From the time we learnt to...
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
From its early Hawaiian roots to its current status as a recreational lifestyle enjoyed worldwide, big wave surfing is given the definitive exploration by acclaimed director Stacy Peralta.
Author
Series
Boone Daniels mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
303 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Boone Daniels lives to surf. Every morning he's out in the break off Pacific Beach with the other members of The Dawn Patrol: four men and one woman as single-minded about surfing as he is. But Boone is also obsessed with the unsolved case of a young girl named Rain who was abducted back when he was on the San Diego police force. He blames himself--just as almost everyone in the department does--for not being able to save her. Now he's unexpectedly...
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English
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"Maudie always looks forward to the summers she spends in California with her dad. But this year, she must keep a troubling secret about her home life—one that her mom warned her never to tell. Maudie wants to confide in her dad about her stepdad's anger, but she’s scared.
When a wildfire strikes, Maudie and her dad are forced to evacuate to the beach town where he grew up. It’s another turbulent wave of change. But now, every morning, from...
Author
Series
Shark princess volume 3
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
77 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Shark princesses Kitana and Mack are back, just in time to attend the ocean's first Surfin' Sharks competition! Surfing is Mack's favorite sport, and he's been working really hard on his routine. But after a high-flying performance, he becomes discouraged once he sees a more talented shark and decides to quit for good. Shark princesses Kitana and Mack are back, just in time to attend the ocean's first Surfin' Sharks competition! Surfing is Mack's...
10) Picture a girl
Author
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
181 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"In this middle-grade novel, Addie has to draw on all her resilience to look after herself and her little brother, Billy, when their mother, who struggles with depression and alcholism, leaves unexpectedly"--
Author
Series
Dragon girls volume 11
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
125 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Grace, Zoe, and Sofia are traveling back to the Magic Forest for another adventure as Sea Dragons. The girls must work together and face their fears in order to save a missing turtle leader. Zoe will have to put her surfing skills to work and take the daring lead on this quest. If she doesn't succeed, the Fire Queen will be one step closer to destroying the natural balance of the Magic Forest's seas!"--
Author
Publisher
Top Shelf Productions
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
235 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
While relaxing with her best friend on the first day of summer vacation, Samantha discovers an underwater cave and begins an investigation into a resort development that threatens her town.
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
340 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Southern California, 1960s: endless sunny days surfing in Malibu, followed by glittering neon nights at Whisky A-Go-Go. In an era when women are expected to be housewives, Carol Donelly is breaking the mold as a legendary female surfer struggling to compete in a male-dominated sport--and her daughters, Mindy and Ginger, bear the weight of her unconventional lifestyle. The Donnelly sisters grow up enduring their mother's absence--physically, when...
14) Dude!
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
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Description
A platypus and a beaver who love surfing encounter a shark -- with unexpected results.
15) Beach pug
Author
Series
Publisher
Branches/Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
72 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
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Description
It is Bub the pug's first trip to the beach, and Bella wants to enter him in a pet-surfing contest, but Bub is scared of the ocean and refuses, so he hopes to make it up to Bella by presenting her with the treasure at the end of the map he found.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Cody, Chicken Joe and Lani are back in their most epic adventure yet! The most radical surfing dream team, The Hang Five puts Cody and his friends to the test and teaches them the meaning of teamwork as they journey to the most legendary surfing spot on the planet.
Author
Publisher
Oasis Audio
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Bethany Hamilton shares the story of her lifelong love of surfing, and tells how she was able to recover and return to competition with the help of her family, friends, and faith, after losing her arm in a shark attack at the age of thirteen.
18) Big wata
Series
Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival volume 2018
Publisher
s.n
Pub. Date
2018]
Edition
Blue-ray disc
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (blu-ray) (79 minutes) ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Big Wata is a entertaining documentary about the first and only surf club in Sierra Leone. During an Ebola outbreak the younger members of a West African fishing community discover surfing as their identity and purpose in life.
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