Birth of The Endless Summer: A Surf Odyssey
Written by Jamie Brisick and Richard Yelland
Narrated by Rob Machado
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About this audiobook
“To be a surfer is to be a traveler,” writes former pro-surfer Jamie Brisick in the Scribd Original Birth of The Endless Summer: A Surf Odyssey.
As the tour guide through a series of stories (including his own) from surf luminaries and legends alike, Brisick takes readers on a breathtaking ride through intimate recollections of surfing life, from soul-searching and searching for the perfect wave to finding community across the globe. An impassioned voyage to destinations worldwide ̶ including Teahupo’o in Tahiti, Pipeline at Oahu’s North Shore, Tavarua in Fiji, and Cape St. Francis in South Africa ̶ Birth of The Endless Summer: A Surf Odyssey features the highs and lows of taking to the ocean. With reflections from surf pioneer Dick Metz and pro-surfers Rob Machado, Kassia Meador, Strider “Raspberry” Wasilewski, Nathan Fletcher, and Derek Hynd, to name a few, this is an odyssey that everyone can revel in.
Featuring a foreword from award-winning director Richard Yelland, whose documentary Birth of The Endless Summer pays homage to Bruce Brown’s historic film The Endless Summer and focuses on Dick Metz as he vagabonds around the world between 1958 and 1961 ̶ a trip that would ultimately lead to his discovery of the renowned “perfect wave” at Cape St. Francis ̶ this Scribd Original companion book, just like both films, continues the “dream adventure that allows you to write your own ending.”
Each story in Birth of The Endless Summer: A Surf Odyssey is an eye-opening, exhilarating account of a surfer’s deep connection to the beauty ̶ and danger ̶ of the ocean’s waves and the road less traveled to get to them, as well as the impact Brown’s beloved The Endless Summer had on defining epic surf and travel culture for generations to come.
Editor's Note
Inside the tube…
Through personal stories from surfing’s icons and pioneers, this Scribd Original provides a breathtaking look beneath the surface of surf culture. “Birth of The Endless Summer” takes a deep dive into the lasting impact and influence of surfing’s most famous movie, “The Endless Summer.”
Jamie Brisick
Jamie Brisick’s books include Dazzling Blue: Short Nonfiction; Becoming Westerly: Surf Champion Peter Drouyn’s Transformation into Westerly Windina; We Approach Our Martinis With Such High Expectations; and Have Board, Will Travel: The Definitive History of Surf, Skate, and Snow. His writings have appeared in The New Yorker, The Surfer’s Journal, and The New York Times. In 2008 he was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship. He lives in Los Angeles.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5She took us on the adventure with them! Good stuff!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A great and an all-encompassing library of books and study materials.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Quite inspiring and left me with a serious want to travel.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Amazing surf history. Incredible contributors including Pulitzer Prize winner, William Finnegan, Dick Metz, Kasia Meador, Nathan Fletcher and Rob Machado. Jamie Brisick is an absolute genius weaving these historic characters together in a brilliant masterpiece. Mahalo
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Good surf history and adventure stories with great background. Short
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