| Extreme Sports: Surf!: Your Guide to Longboarding, Shortboarding, Tubing, Aerials, Hanging Ten and More Contributor(s): Bass, Scott (Author) |
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ISBN: 0792251083 ISBN-13: 9780792251088 Publisher: National Geographic Society OUR PRICE: $8.06 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2003 Annotation: Readers can share the thrills of soulful longboarding, radical shortboarding, and hanging ten with this action-packed guide to surfing. 70 full-color photos. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Sports & Recreation - Water Sports |
| Dewey: 797.32 |
| LCCN: 2002012761 |
| Series: National Geographic Extreme Sports |
| Physical Information: 0.15" H x 7.23" W x 8.05" (0.36 lbs) 64 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In 64 packed pages, kids will learn an enormous amount about surfing. Chapter 1 covers the fundamentals of the sport Chapter 2 is all about waves - how they work, what kinds there are, how to handle the big ones, and the search for the perfect wave. Chapter 3 is about tricks, including aerials, where you use your surfboard. Chapter 4 covers the competitive circuit, including the types of competition. Chapter 5 wraps it up, telling kids how to stay safe, how to practice away from the ocean. |