Windansea is more than a great surf spot. It is an original seed from which sprouted youth culture. While birthing some of the world’s best surfers including Butch “Mr Pipeline” Van Artsdalen, and Endless Summer star, Mike Hynson, Windansea also attracted celebrity guests like East Coast writer, Tom Wolfe, who was not given a particularly warm welcome. Original stories as told from the mouths of Woody Brown, the famed glider pilot who first surfed Windansea in 1937, trough the death of one of California’s best surfers at age 22. The hard cover, coffee table volume is gorgeously illustrated by some of surfing’s best photographers. All books are signed by the author.
Windansea is more than a great surf spot. It is an original seed from which sprouted youth culture. While birthing some of the world’s best surfers including Butch “Mr Pipeline” Van Artsdalen, and Endless Summer star, Mike Hynson, Windansea also attracted celebrity guests like East Coast writer, Tom Wolfe, who was not given a particularly warm welcome. Original stories as told from the mouths of Woody Brown, the famed glider pilot who first surfed Windansea in 1937, trough the death of one of California’s best surfers at age 22. The hard cover, coffee table volume is gorgeously illustrated by some of surfing’s best photographers. All books are signed by the author.
