St. Augustine's Press, 2008 Cloth: 978-1-58731-377-6 | eISBN: 978-1-58731-382-0 Library of Congress Classification GV839.5.K74 2008 Dewey Decimal Classification 797.32
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
Non-Introduction
Ten Reasons Why Everyone Should Surf
1. Because It Makes You Happy: Why Surfers Smile (Aristotle)
2. Because It Makes You Mystical: Stoke as Instant Nirvana (Buddha)
3. Because It Makes You Peaceful: Surfing as Disorganized Religion (Confucius and Lao Tzu)
4. Because It Makes You Good: The Ten Commandments of the Sea (Moses)
5. Because It Makes You Christ-like: The Cross as a Surfboard (Jesus)
6. Because It Makes You Heavenly: Surfing in Heaven (Plato)
7. Because It Makes You Sexy: Why Surfing Is Better than Sex (Freud)
8. Because It Makes You Rich: Five Surfing Lessons for Wall Street (Machiavelli)
9. Because It Makes You Wise: Surfing as the Antidote to Bullshit (Socrates)
10. Because Now You Can: Why the Bodyboard Is the Greatest Invention since Printing (Morey)
Bodyboarding for Beginners: A Practical Handbook
A. Theory: A Defense of the Bodyboard (the Manifesto)
B. Practice: Seven Lessons in Bodyboarding (the Handbook)
1. How to Wait
2. How to Wipe Out
3. How to Find the Wave
4. Two Easy Ways to Catch a Wave
5. Seven Steps to Heaven: Seven Kinds of Rides
6. How to Ride Down the Wave Face
7. How to Get in the Green Room
Non-conclusion
