Surfing. 1778-Today

by Jim Heimann (Editor)

Overview

Welcome the most comprehensive visual history on all things surfing. With hundreds of images and essays by today’s leading surf journalists, this publication spans photography, fashion, film, art, and music to chart the evolution of surfing culture from its first mention in 1778 to today’s global and multi-platform phenomenon.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783836583282
Publisher:	TASCHEN
Publication date:	11/06/2020
Pages:	512
Sales rank:	1,049,454
Product dimensions:	10.30(w) x 13.70(h) x 1.90(d)

About the Author

Jim Heimann is the Executive Editor for TASCHEN. A cultural anthropologist, historian, and an avid collector, he has authored numerous titles on architecture, pop culture, and the history of Los Angeles and Hollywood, including TASCHEN’s Surfing, Los Angeles. Portrait of a City, California Crazy, and the All-American Ads series.

Editorial Reviews

Visual historian Jim Heimann brings his keen eye to the waves, culture, sport, and style of surfing in this gorgeous book.

The Los Angeles Times

The undisputed bible of surf culture.

Vogue

In this crowded world, the surfer can still seek and find the perfect day, the perfect wave, and be alone with the surf and his thoughts.

John Severson

Pretty much the sport’s most epic coffee table book yet.

Wired.com

Surfing is a magnificent book.

Surfline.com

Surfing will undoubtedly go down as the last word in the space.

The Surfer’s Journal

It’s all here – the clothes, the boards, the music, the contests, the rivalries, the surfer dudes...

Tatler

This book is perfect.

The Washington Post

This is the bible to put in the hands of every surfing aficionado. A rich and ultra-documented panorama about the sport… Surfing is more than just a coffee table book, it is above all a rare and precious volume to be passed on from generation to generation.

Cote Magazine