Jeffreys Bay - Books
In this first volume of the Surfline "World Wide Waves" book series, authors Marcus Sanders and Kimball Taylor explore the history of Jeffreys Bay, South Africa, from its initial discovery in the early '60s to the burgeoning surf Mecca it has become today. Through the eyes of its surfers, the town they helped  create, and the wave that brought them here, Sanders and Taylor assemble a storyline as dynamic as the lines drawn on the point itself - from the moments that changed surfing history, to the lives reflected upon Super's frosted walls, to the physical mechanics of the greatest pointbreak on Earth. This 192-page coffee table book features more than 100 photographs by surfing's best lensmen, including Art Brewer, Aaron Chang, Dan Merkel, John Callahan, Jeff Divine, Pete Frieden, Rob Gilley, Tom Servais, Lance Slabbert, and Chris Van Lennep. And with two gatefold spreads that open up four feet wide to capture J-Bay's magnitude, this book is a must-have for anyone who's ever made (or wanted to make) the surfer's pilgrimage to Jeffreys Bay. Click to see more...
 It is less than half an A4 page in size and 89 pages long. It’s got an introduction of 1 page, a 2 page list of scientific and common names for shells in the book, and also a 9 page bibliography at the end. The rest of the book contains 405 photographs of different shells on the right hand side, with info about them on the facing left hand page. All photographs are in colour, taken against a black background and thus very easy to identify. They are grouped according to their respective classes, orders and families. The info gives the number corresponding to the photograph, the Latin name of the shell, the name and date of the person who named them, the size of the shell, and the shell’s rarity factor as abundant, common or rare.
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Okay its not about Jeffreys Bay but as South Africa's only World Champ, it's worth a mention.
In Surfer's Code: 12 Simple Lessons for Riding Through Life, world champion surfer Shaun Tomson shares the life lessons he's gathered from decades of surfing-from his boyhood adventures in South Africa to the world tour in the late 1970s to the business world today. For Tomson, surfing is a hobby, a sport, a religion, an obsession and more-it is a way of life. Tomson's life lessons have guided his career to the top of both professional competition and the world of business. Now, he shares these powerful lessons, born on the world's best swells, with all people-including those who might never step on a surfboard. These lessons are born of the collective wisdom of the surf community and are a powerful source of inspiration in the face of extraordinary challenges of every day life.
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Books by Robbie Hift:
Jeffreys Bay: A Heritage for our children`s children
Jeffreys Bay: A Place of Dreaming
Walk on the Wild Side
Legends of Jeffreys Bay
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