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I Surf, Therefore I Am: A Philosophy of Surfing

by Peter Kreeft
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

TOC

    		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
    
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