Books by Drew Kampion
Waves: From Surfing to Tsunami
Surfers read the patterns of the sea like others read a book. For them, the organization of swells and currents and the curling folds of the waves are elements of a natural language, as coherent in structure and meaning as any taught in school.
Each of the stories in The Lost Coast is a raw glimpse of surf life - from sliding into cold, stiff neoprene to experiencing the ecstasy of the "Pure Art of Surfing." They capture the movement, mythology, fantasy, and philosophy of surf life and culture "on the sweet and ragged wild edge of beauty."
This collection of stories will pull you into the world of the surfer - capturing your emotion and engaging your mind. As varied as the patterns of waves, these stories reveal the joy, fear, longing, and ever-present question of human emotion and existence.
The Lost Coast: Stories from the Surf – Illustrated by Jeff Petersen
The Lost Coast
Greg Noll: The Art of the Surfboard
Greg Noll: The Art of the Surfboard is a tribute to the life’s work of one of the great creative masters of surfboard construction.
Part life story, part history, part how-to, and part fine-art portfolio, this book will inspire the surfing enthusiast, the collector, the cultural explorer, and anyone else interested in the artful form of these most eloquent of functional wavecraft.
Greg Noll: The Art of the Surfboard tells the full story of the surfboard as realized through the hands and mind of a surfing legend, who has been hand-building surfboards for over 55 years.
From simple balsa boards built for Malibu’s small waves in the 1950s … to sleek, streamlined dragsters designed for the giant winter surf on Oahu’s North Shore … and now Greg Noll has lifted the art of the surfboard to a new plane: utilizing rare and ancient woods (like koa and redwood) to recreate the classic and important boards from the past.
This is the full story, from the who to the how-to, from the how to the why, as manifested in the life and works of one of surfing’s greatest riders and craftsmen.
Who can resist the hypnotic rhythm of the ocean's waves? To understand why the surf and the sea capture us as they do, Waves: From Surfing to Tsunami takes a closer look at the mystery and mechanics behind waves. Author Drew Kampion examines how waves form, what moves them, and why they are important.
Amazing photographs, original artwork, and unusual facts make this book both authoritative and fascinating. Kampion mixes science and story-telling, capturing both the facts and the thrill of the ocean's energy.
From rips to undertows, tsunamis to tidal bores, Waves: From Surfing to Tsunami is a definitive study of wave action, lunar and wind influences, and the anatomy of a wave.
