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The Surfing Yearbook to release in USA and Europe mid-May 2009
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
Aussie Media attended Australian launching at Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach Media Night
> Limited number of copies of The Surfing Yearbook available immediately in Australia
Surf Shop owners & camp operators become direct 'Surf Distributors'
Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 12 May, 2009 : - - The most comprehensive print coverage of the year in surfing ever put together, starts shipping in May 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
Riding the Waves of Change endorses The Surfing Yearbook
 Pu‘uwai Productions Riding the Waves of Change are endorsing The Surfing Yearbook in their capacity as film producers of the most compelling film documenting Hawaiian Beach Culture.
Judy Athans, co-produced, Waikiki Star Beach Boys, and spearheaded “Waikiki Surfing Ohana”, an organization to protect and preserve the tradition of surfing in Waikiki. Judy is a steering Committee member for "Save Our Racks," and supporter of the Waikiki Beach Boys.
Long time resident of Waikiki, surfer and active member of the Waikiki Beach community. Judy says “Surfing needs an annual, The Surfing Yearbook has filled that need in spectacularly". Every surfer will want one on his bookshelf. It is beautiful, and reflects the highest level of dedication and quality.
Scroll down for more info on Riding the Waves of Change.
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 in major book stores nationwide. Click here to contact the SYB Australian agency. Rip Curl flagship store in Torquay, Victoria, and Back Beach Noosa Surf Shop in Noosa, Queensland, are the first surf retail outlets in the world to offer The Surfing Yearbook.
Click here to contact the Rip Curl Torquay store.
Click here to contact Back Beach Noosa
Click here to contact USA & Europe outlets
The growing Middle Eastern surfing community may purchase and order copies directly from Surfing Dubai
Endorsements and reviews start rolling in
Following the launch and release in Australia, the endorsements and reviews are starting to come in;
"It’s a great resource that will become a valued source of reference for the surfing world, and I hope Surfersvillage continues to publish it every year forever"
Craig Simms, Publisher, Australia's Surfing Life magazine
"A great concept that’s executed in a manner, which enables you to either quickly indulge in a head dip of information, or immerse yourself deeply in some of the more defining aspects of the year that was in surfing."
Luke Kennedy, Editor, Tracks Magazine, Australia
"The Surfing Yearbook is awesome. I liked it huge heaps. I been been looking at the articles and photos all the time. I couldn't wait to congratulate the staff for the excellent work."
Ader Oliveira, Editor, Waves.Terra Brazil, online magazine
"Thank you for the book. Incredible the amount of content in the first annual Surfing Yearbook"
Kelly Gibson, President, CEO, Rip Curl USA
"We like the book, it is very thorough and impressive"
Brodie Carr, CEO ASP International
"A Beautiifully presented book. An awesome amount of work and record of the year in Surfing, what a job."
Steve Robertson, Surfing Australia
"Combining all the key ingredients into one sweet hard covered timeless piece, The Surfing Year Book is an awesome idea, I've always wanted a snap shot of the year in surfing to replace the 30 odd mags that build up every year. The Surfing Yearbook is pretty close to exactly what I've been looking for."
Benjamin Salkeld, Editor, Mesurf, Australia
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".
A Who's Who in Surfing:
Renowned surfing journalist Phil Jarratt and 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."
"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".
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 Riding the Wave of Change
Riding the Waves of Change was the lead film in KOWABUNGA! The Summer Cinema Surf Safari put on at the Doris Duke Theatre at the Honolulu Academy of Arts. Riding the Waves of Change is the story of the Waikiki Beach Boys, their past, their present, and future. Interwoven are glimpses of the special place that is Waikiki and how it retains it's spiritual power (mana) magic and romance
More information at www.waikikiridingthewavesofchange.com
www.paddleforpeace.org
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