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Berühmte Wellen und abgelegene Surfspots rund um die Welt.Ein Bildatlas legendärer und weniger bekannter Surfspots rund um die Welt und was sie so besonders macht.Surfen, das ist ein Lebensgefühl das immer mehr Anhänger rund um die Welt gewinnt, aber Wellen findet man meist nicht vor der Haustür und deshalb bedeutet Wellenreiten auch zu reisen und zu erkunden. Dieser Atlas versammelt die besten Orte zum Surfen und berauschende Geschichten vom Wellenreiten. Surfen unter Polarlichtern in Island, eine Wanderung durch die arktische Tundra zum perfekten Spot, oder die monströsen Wellen der kalifornischen Mavericks: Viele ungewöhnliche und berühmte Surfspots sind in diesem Buch vereint.
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Discover the devotional practice of wave riding through an atlas of fabled and iconic surf locations from around the world.
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Discover the devotional practice of wave riding through an atlas of fabled and iconic surf locations from around the world.Surfing is a way of life. It is communion with place. Living with and by the tides, surfers are attuned to the environment. They experience the sea at all seasons, learn the movements of the ocean, feel the moods of the break. To surf is to be at one with nature, in an intimacy that imbues any spot with a certain magic.An atlas of stories and surf breaks, The Surf Atlas celebrates both the practice and the places of surfing. Explore the world's most unique, unusual, and most-loved surf destinations-from catching waves under the northern lights in Iceland and trekking across the Arctic tundra in Russia in search of the perfect break, to the best waves in California and riding monsters at Mavericks. This book moves beyond sunshine and palm trees to get to the heart of a way of life that is in communion with nature and place.
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Luke Gartside, a photographer and writer, is the editor of Wavelength Magazine, Europe's longest-running surf title. For more than ten years, he has been chronicling surf culture around the world and meeting intriguing characters along the way. Luke uses surfing as a lens through which to explore wider topics and portray lives lived by the sea.
