Crowood Sports Guides are the perfect tool for anyone wanting to improve their performance, from beginners learning the basic skills to more experienced participants working on advanced techniques. These practical, no-nonsense guides will help give you that all important advantage. . The history of surfing . Choosing and maintaining a board . Reading the ocean . Skills development . Advanced techniques . Environmental care . Surf contests and careers AUTHOR: Chris Nelson started surfing England's northeast coast in the late 1980s and has scoured the globe for empty, frigid waves ever since. He founded two of the UK's most influential boardsports magazines, has penned seven books on surfing including the critically acclaimed Cold Water Souls, and contributes to surf media across the world. Demi Taylor is co-founder and Creative Director of the London Surf/Film Festival, as well as a surf and travel writer. Her journeys have taken her from the frosty beaches of Norway to Central America but her home break in Cornwall remains a firm favourite. She has authored six best-selling surf books including Surfing Europe and Surfing Britain. She contributes regularly to mainstream press around the globe. SELLING POINTS: . An instructional and practical guide aimed at surfers, surf enthusiasts and surf instructors. . Gives detailed advice on choosing and maintaining a board; skills development and reading the ocean. . Chris Nelson has been a keen worldwide surfer for thirty years and founded two of the UK's most influential boardsports magazines. . Demi Taylor is surf and travel writer and co-founder of the London Surf/Film Festival. . Another title in the highly-successful Crowood Sports Guides series. 150 colour images