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Paddle for Peace officially endorses The Surfing Yearbook The Surfing Yearbook is the most comprehensive coverage of the year in surfing ever published in print
> Pre-release launches at Noosa Surfing Festival & Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach Media invited to launching at Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach Media Night on 9 April 2009
Surf Shop owners & operators become direct 'Surf Distributors' Public invited to take advantage of special online pre-release purchase discount
> Limited number of copies of The Surfing Yearbook available immediately in Australia Availability and releases elsewhere worldwide take place late April/early May
Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 13 April, 2009 : - - The most comprehensive print coverage of the year in surfing, ever put together, will start shipping at the end of April 2009 to distributors and purchasers worldwide. The Surfing Year Book provides the complete package of news, features, results, opinions and photography, offering an insider’s view of everything that matters in each of the world’s surfing regions
The Surfing Yearbook enables you to keep and treasure the full year in surfing in this handsomely bound hard cover gold-leaf lettered 240-page illustrated coffee table book and reference work, that documents and explains everything that happened in the world of surfing in 2008, and previews important events and players of 2009 and beyond
Paddle for Peace officially endorses The Surfing Yearbook
Paddle for Peace have announced they are officially endorsing The Surfing Yearbook in their capacity as a registered foundation raising funds for nominated charitable organizations through surfing and paddleboarding.
Kendall Lucas, founder of Paddle for Peace said “Surfing needs an annual print publication of record. The Surfing Yearbook fills that need in splendid and spectacular fashion. It is a book every surfer will want on his bookshelf. It is a beautiful book, it reflects amazing dedication, and the highest level of quality. As the first edition ever, this year’s Surfing Yearbook is sure to become a collectors item worth many times it’s original retail value. We are very pleased to officially endorse The Surfing Yearbook".
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Surfing Yearbook released in Australia
A limited number of copies of The Surfing Yearbook have been released in Australia and are available immediately directly at SYB agents Glide Distribution, and soon in major book stores nationwide. Click here to contact the SYB Australian agency. Back Beach Noosa Surf Shop in Noosa, Queensland, is the first surf retail outlet in the world to offer The Surfing Yearbook. Click here to contact Back Beach Noosa
Availability and releases elsewhere worldwide will take place late April/early May. Releases in the USA and Europe are scheduled for May 2009, The growing Middle Eastern surfing community may purchase and order copies directly from Surfing Dubai.
More information on releases and availability will be notified shortly. Click here if you have a specific enquiry
A Who's Who in Surfing:
Renowned surfing journalist Phil Jarratt, as managing editor, led a plethora of surfing’s 'who’s who' in compiling the book, including, Mark Richards, Rabbit Bartholomew, Fernando Aguerre, Pablo Zannochi, Paul Holmes, Tommy Leitch, Nick Carroll, Drew Kampion, Tim Baker, Kirk Wilcox, Nat Young, Shaun Tomson, Tim Bonython, Paul Botha, Jason Childs, Gibus de Soultrait, Sam Bleakley, Bernie Baker, Peter Townend, Reinaldo Andraus, Steve Robertson, Sean Davey, Bernard Testemale, Mickey Smith, Alex Laurel, Greg Rabajac, Swilly, Ted Grambeau, Tim McKenna, Frank Quirarte, John Callahan, Tony Harrington, Jake White, Barry Tuck, Terry Kavanagh, Lucia Griggi, Sobranski Yves, Eric Chauche, Billy Wilmot, Greg Cruse, Aleko Stergiou, Gatica Emiliano, Covered Images, Aquashot and a host of others.
Everything that happened in the world of surfing in 2008 is included in the book, highlights are;-
• The SV Almanac: week by week, all the surfing news • Analysis and opinion by surfing’s leading opinion makers • Photo essays from the best surf photographers around the world • Profiles of all the leading surfers of 2008 • Inside the industry: who’s movin’, who’s shakin’
• Ocean environmental issues, weather and swell reports • Association of Surfing Professionals year review • International Surfing Association year review • Contest results, region by region, from smallest to biggest • Global directory of surfing products and services
Re-evolution in surfing publications
Endorsed officially by the International Surfing Association and featuring the ASP World Tour Annual Revue, The Surfing Yearbook is the first book ever to cover surfing in all its territories, large and small, around the world. The book has successfully achieved and exceeded what managing editor Phil Jarratt said at the outset of this project as follows;
“What we’re aiming to do with The Surfing Yearbook is to present a fully-rounded picture of surfing that will appeal to everyone in the sport, culture and industry, from the lowliest grom surfing in his first amateur comp to the high-rolling CEO of the biggest surf corporations.
Phil expanded, "Whilst the book will include contest results from all over the world, competitive surfing is not its sole focus. For every surfer who has to know who won what and how, there is another who is far more interested in swell prediction, the environment and how climate change might affect the surf, or how surfboard design was progressed during the year".
Media Invitation:
Media are invited to the pre-release launching at Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach Media Night at the Rip Curl Back Bar on the 9th April from 6:30pm. A limited number of advance copies will be available for viewing at the launching, and a certain number will be made available to magazine editors for review in their publications. Click here for further information
Special discount offer:
Special online pre-release purchase discount: The special online pre-release purchase discount offers just over 30% discount on the retail purchase price of the book. The pre-release offer also includes a special 'subsidized' shipping rate to all destinations. This is a remarkable discount offering extraordinary value and will not be repeated, This special pre-release discount offer will cease mid-April 2009. Click here for details
Surf Shops, become direct 'Surf Distributors'
The Surfing Yearbook is natural fit in any surf shop. It compliments the entire surfwear and hardware merchandising aspects of surfing. Become a direct 'surf distributor' offering your clients a true collectors item, a living piece of surfing history, and record of the current state of the surf culture. The Surfing Yearbook is seeking additional surf distributors worldwide, this is a ground-floor opportunity. Click here for further information.

Specifications:
No.of Pages: 240 pages (hi-quality gloss – 128 gr.) Size: | 250mm wide x 330mm high (9.5” x 13.0”) Cover: Hard cover, + dust-jacket Print Run: 30,000 copies Retail price: US$65.00 . Chief editor: Phil Jarratt Publisher: | Surfersvillage / Gibbs Smith Distribution: | Gibbs Smith / PGW / Surfersvillage Website: | www.surfingyearook.com* * The online pre-release special purchase offer will end mid-April
Surfersvillage, producers and publishing partner of the Surfing Year Book, is the world’s largest surfing news website, with more than 22 million visitor sessions a year taking advantage of its global surfing news, results, surf and weather forecasts, feature articles, photo galleries and more. The Surfing Year Book will be offered on-line and also be available from select surf and book stores throughout the surfing world.
www.surfingyearbook.com www.surfersvillage.com www.gibbs-smith.com
About Paddle for Peace (p4p)
Paddle for Peace are organizers of high profile international paddleboard races raising funds for nominated charitable organizations in the most naturally beautiful locations worldwide. Pervious events have included Bali & Moolooolabah
Paddle for Peace, invited by the Balinese Government, and supported by the Indonesian government, staged a paddleboard race in Kuta in 2003 coinciding with the first anniversary of the Bali bombing in an effort to bring back much needed tourist support to the Balinese Community. Importantly Paddle for Peace held a memorial ceremony for the victims of the 12th October, 2002 tragedy. Prime Minister of Australia, John Howard, opposition leader, Simon Crean, Balinese Dignitaries, and approximately 4000 people attended that Paddle for Peace ceremony.
Since 2002, Paddle for Peace has staged memorial ceremonies on the 12th of October on Kuta beach, in memory of the Bali victims. The success of the Bali ceremonies resulted in invitation to stage a similar event on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland in conjunction with the Mooloolaba Triathlon. This event attracted a large number of participants and guests and raised much needed funds for two local charities.
More information at www.paddleforpeace.org
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