Swell

Description

Following the success of Beaches and Waves, Swell collects the best new wave photography for the coastal customer. Beautiful, simple, universal, the photos trace four different swells as they hit beaches around the world. Essays on the nature of wave generation and illustrated swell maps engage the armchair wave watcher. Designed to retail beautifully in the specialty, Swell is a substantive, lovely gift for beachgoers of all stripes.

Evan Slater is the former editor of Surfing magazine in the U.S. and a big wave surfer. Evan is well-connected in the surfing world and will solicit wave photos from the best wave photographers out there and collect the best of the bunch.

Every day global swells journey thousands of miles to find our favorite shores and fall over.... In this stunning coffee table book Swell: A Year of Waves, Evan Slater and Peter Taras document the journey. Using four seasonal swell patterns, Evan and Peter illustrate this race, from a storm's first breath of wind to a wave's arrival on shore, where we wait in the lineup, excited to usher them across the finish line. -- Surfing Swell is a beautiful and interesting take on our fascination with waves.... Make room on your coffee table--this book is worthy of long-term display. -- Transworld Surf Swell: A Year of Waves is not only a gorgeously photographed guide to the best waves in the world but a lucid introduction to the science behind them.... Slater's plain-spoken prose shows deep respect for the elements, as do photographs that, at their best, seem to freeze the full power of the sea for study. Flipping the pages slowly, inspecting one wave after another, the reader can almost hear them splash against a nearby shore. -- The Wall Street Journal Swell: A Year of Waves offers more than your typical coffee-table photo book as Slater 'puts a human face' on the world's most recognized wave machines across four different ocean zones. -- Eastern Surf