Description: This book explores the world of surfboard making as a global industry. Based on researches, interviews in Hawaii, California, and Australia, this book constructs stories of challenges local, independent surfboard shapers encounter in the face of billion dollar, mass production surfing industry such as Billabong and Quicksilver.
Brief description: Andrew Warren is a human geographer from Wollongong, Australia, who grew up surfing local breaks around his hometown. Chris Gibson is professor of human geography at the Australian Centre for Cultural Environmental Research, University of Wollongong.
Review Quotes: [a] lively, clearly written study . . . Utilizing an impressive combination of investigative tools drawn from geography, history, sociology and economics, all handled adroitly.-- "The Hawaiian Journal of History"