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Windansea: Life. Death. Resurrection

features the legendary surf spot Windansea. Beginning in 1937 with Windansea’s first known surfer, Woody Brown, it concludes with the death of California’s best surfer, Chris O’Rourke. Other Windansea surfers to find international fame include the first Mister Pipeline, Butch Van Artsdalen, who died at the age of 38 in 1979 from cirrhosis of the liver, and the recently deceased Endless Summer co-star, Mike Hynson.

            While the surf tells one story, the beach holds equal fascination. East Coast celebrities, pop artist Andy Warhol and famed author Tom Wolfe, traversed the country to record Windansea’s action. The results were a poorly made film about surfing by Warhol and a highly inaccurate portrayal of surfing in Wolfe’s The Pumphouse Gang. While Warhol got a pass from local surfers, Wolfe’s plantation boss suit was unappreciated by the locals. Evidence of this was written in disparaging graffiti by some disgruntled Windansea surfers on the pumphouse Wolfe made famous.

            This 150-page hard-cover book contains 50 full-sized archival photos from some of surfing’s most famous surf photographers, and first-hand accounts of those who witnessed the action. It is both a fun and fact-filled historical account.

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Chris Ahrens

is among the world’s foremost authorities on surfing. Since 1972, he has written for every major surfing publication in the world. Ahrens has also authored four popular books of surfing short stories. Windansea: Life. Death. Resurrection is his seventh surfing title.

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