Chris Bystrom Surfing Books The Glide

• • The sequel to the award winning (Australian Surfing Hall Of Fame) first book by Andrew Crockett
• 4 years in the making
• 90 contributors
• 368 pages
• 1000 + unique images
• 16 'Legends of the Lens'
• the other side of surfing

• Peter Troy (O.A.M)
• Chris Brock
• George Greenough
• Bob Cooper
• Albert Falzon
• Mal Sutherland
• Dick Van Straalen
• Geoff McCoy
• Tom Wegener
• Dick Hoole
• Mex Sumpter
• Peter Drouyn
• Garth Robinson (South Africa)

This book features over 100 pages of classic surfing images from the golden era of surfing from the late 1950's to the early 1970's

• 'its too heavy to hold in the bathtub.' George Greenough (Pioneer and Inventor)

'There is something here to resonate with pretty much any surfer, regardless of your perspective on the pursuit of the Utopian ideal. You cant approach 'switch-foot II as you would a 'normal' book. This is not the typical introduction -exposition-conclusion format that you'll find elsewhere. It's more like a trunk full of oddities that you might stumble on in surfing's attic. Wherever you open it and start to delve inside, you'll feel yourself being drawn further in - careful, you can get lost for hours!' (Ian Cameron PLB magazine)

'Turning through the book is like sitting under a wise old tree that gives shade and shelter for the soul, and ripe fruit for thought.' (David Rastovich pro surfer and ocean activist)

'Felt like the thing you find in the attic of the abandoned light keepers cottage.' Bob Cooper (legend surfer)

Australian surfer Andrew Crocket has pulled back the curtains for his second offering, Switch-Foot II. For those who missed his first, these are oversized, hard-bound catch-alls of the very best in surfing style and culture, both archival and in the now. TSJ readers will instantly connect with the aesthetic, focusing as Andrew does on color, verve, and character (as opposed to jocky athletic achievement). Subjects are treated in-depth, with the emphasis on never- or rarely-seen photography. Indeed, Crockett's true skill seems to lie in his photo editing. Weighing in at nearly 400 pages, the covers house full length studies of proto surf traveler Peter Troy, the provocative designer Geoff McCoy, undersung shaper Dick van Straalen, and over a dozen more wholly rendered features. Editorially, it's a magazine format, but a clear and thoughtful version to say the least. With a knack for surprise, there are some startling page turns here. I found myself falling into moments of professional jealousy on more than one occasion - a sure sign that the author is hitting nerves with key discoveries and overlooked nuggets from our hyper-studied realm.

Longboarding and the Renaissance of Modern Surfing

Chris Bystrom & Racheed Jameel Safady. 

First Edition x 128pp.

The Glide is the first comprehensive look at longboarding in nearly thirty years and explores the full spectrum of longboarding’s dramatic comeback in the 1990’s.

The Glide highlights the modern longboard era and profiles original Pacific longboarders like Bob Cooper, Peter Troy and Pat Curren. The Glide also showcases the immense talents of current stars like Joel Tudor, Bonga Perkins and eighteen other profiles on the most innovative longboarders of the modern era.  

Beautifully photographed by 28 of the surfing worlds best lens men and thoroughly researched, The Glide delivers a timeless statement about our favourite pastime.

The Glide is not just a book about surfing; it’s really a celebration of a lifestyle and passion that thousands of Australians share.

The real surfing story of the 1990’s is that longboarding has once again regained its former glory. The Glide is back to stay!

"Bystrom has hit a home run with his first swing of the literary bat. Not since Hawaiian author Leonard Lueras created “Surfing-The Ultimate Pleasure” in 1984 has there been a book that uses such a pleasing combination of beautiful packaging and verbal aloha to capture the soul of surfing.

This is a book that surfers can hand to a non-surfing loved one and say, “This is why I do what I do; this is why I am who I am,” confident that after that person has read the The Glide they will finally understand."

- Greg Ambrose / Honolulu Star Bulletin