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It's always good when surf books are written by someone who works as a computer architect. "Big Wave Surfing: Extreme Technology Development, Management, Marketing and Investing" is the best-selling book by Kenneth J. Thurber.
The Quiksilver In Memory of Eddie Aikau and the Billabong Monster Tow-in Surf Session will not be run in 2012. The big wave surf contests demand a solid day of 20-foot-plus waves at Waimea Bay (Hawaii) and Mullaghmore Head (Ireland), but it didn't happen in the holding period.
The Museum of British Surfing will open its doors for the first time in Braunton, England, on April 6, 2012. The inaugural exhibition is "The Art of Surf" and will showcase 200 years of art in surfing, from the sketches of early explorers through to works by contemporary British surfing artists.
Surf forecasting books are encyclopedias of surf science. They make it easy to understand how swell models work and how waves are formed.
Surf reports are a result of swell and wind chart analysis. Tracking the direction, strength, and duration of incoming waves and winds are key components for surf forecasters.