This is an award-winning photographer’s vibrant celebration of surfers, capturing their lives both on and off the waves. Author Thom Gilbert spent four years among surfers in Spain, New York, California, and Hawaii, documenting their faces, bodies, and the culture. The book features 300 intimate portraits and dramatic action shots, showcasing the diverse choices surfers make, from meditative waiting to extreme challenges like Mavericks and Nazaré. Whether exploring seacoasts or competing in tournaments, these images evoke the joy and thrill of surfing. Q&As and handwritten contributions from prominent figures in the surf scene add depth to the ode to surfing and its devoted practitioners. (This book may contain a sharpie mark on the top or bottom edge and may show mild signs of shelfwear.)