Surf Nation - Paperback

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Surf Nation: In Search of the Fast Lefts and Hollow Rights of Britain and Ireland

Alex Wade was the first UK writer to cover surfing in serious depth for a national newspaper thanks to a daily blog at timesonline.co.uk (now hosted by A1 Surf at surfnation.co.uk) and lives and surfs in the far west of Cornwall.

Praise for Surf Nation

"Alex Wade's atmospheric trawl through the British and Irish surfing scene is... stylish... Tinged with melancholy and misery, Surf Nation celebrates the sea and those who ride it in a peculiarly British way... (A) clever counterpoint to the idea that surfing has to happen in the sun." The Observer.

"Addictive... Blows out of the water any doubts about the thriving surf culture that's taken root on the northern fringes of Europe... A highly readable celebration of surfing, Surf Nation sheds light on a rich, textured and oft-ignored part of the world. Lending the region's top spots the mythical allure of the world's canonized breaks, and bringing to life its most colourful characters, Surf Nation gives much-needed literary credibility to British and Irish surfing. It was really about time." Huck.

"Surfing is like music - notoriously difficult to translate into language. Yet Wade has produced a work in the vein of Tom Wolfe's The Pump House Gang that is passionate, informative and benign. Gripping." The Times.

"An engrossing tale - part journey of discovery, part practical guide to the best breaks, part history of British surfing... Reveals a world far removed from the inarticulate, airhead image surfing has sometimes suffered from. An original concept, triumphantly realised." The Independent on Sunday

"Alex Wade has succeeded in a first - the 'first Brit bit of surf lit." Slide

"The book includes revealing and intelligent discussions of surfing issues such as the SAS campaign, the BSA, soul surfing versus the media circus, big wave surfing at the Cribbar, the Severn Bore... Totally engrossing." Carve

"You probably won't read another book on surfing this year, but even if you do, Surf Nation would be the best." The Observer (June 2008)

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