Sunday, May 22, 2011

History - How to Surf by Midget Farrelly Circa 1965



This will be of interest to history buffs. Whilst meandering in the Midlands of
KZN 120+ km's from the ocean and in a sleepy hamlet called Hilton, I was plodding around "the Quarry"(that's what you do in Hilton) and whilst in the SPCA charity bookshop came upon this "classic" piece called "How to Surf" by Midget Farrelly & Craig McGregor, First published in Australia in 1965, this soft back was re printed in 1968, it is as the author scribes, it is a technical book and for the time probably ground breaking, this is the first Surfing Book that I have seen which is so explicit in its detail from Learning to ride, Waveology Design and Manufacture, waves and beaches .... it just goes on and on... and event dedicates a chapter to Skis. This I will be keeping in my book collection.



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