Maverick's: The Story of Big-Wave Surfing Hardcover
 
USED IN GREAT CONDITION
Clean copy, pages are not underlined or highlighted. No marks or notes. 
 
"A voodoo wave." "The Everest of the ocean." What surfer in his right mind would choose to surf Maverick's with its 50-degree murky water, 60-foot faces, punishing rock bottom, and shifting Central California currents overriding the warm, blue, big waves of Hawaii? But Maverick's presents a surfing challenge like no other. Each winter, starting in October, an elite corps from around the world journey to Maverick's to test themselves on its cold, forbidding waves—because challenge, above all else, motivates the big-wave surfer. With heart-stopping photography and an exceptional, driving text, Maverick's tracks the most dangerous days in the break's history, including its first casualty: big-wave celebrity Mark Foo, who died on the morning of his very first visit.
 
Surf journalist Matt Warshaw weaves into this vivid record the complete and unconventional history of big-wave surfing, from its ancient Hawaiian origins through to the modern drama of tow-in surfers. Like Into Thin Air, Maverick's promises to transcend its core audience, appealing to the huge armchair market that is enthralled by the sporting life lived at the extreme of danger.
 
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Chronicle Books (September 1, 2000)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 224 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 081182652X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0811826525
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.9 x 1.2 x 10.3 inches
 
The book is in great condition, clean copy. 
May show some signs of wear from usage.