The Moment 100 of surfing's most compellong images and the true stories behind them.  ****NEW

by Sean Doherty AUD $39.95 SC

This book captures some of surfing's most pivotal and beautiful instants through the lenses of the world's leading contemporary surf photographers. Some of these have changed the course of surfing forever, while others are so fleeting, blissful in their simplicity, so momentary, they would have drifted away.

Vintage Surfing NEW***

SPECIAL PRICE USUALLY $34.95

by Jim Heimann NOW AUD $17.95 HC

Vintage surfing images, photographic and art, used in all forms of advertising, posters, album covers, clothing depicting the heady years of surfing culture.

Fifty Places to Dive Before you Die Diving experts share the World's Greatest Destinations NEW****

by Chris Santella   AUD $45.00 HC

The fifth in Santella's bestselling "Fifty Places" series, the book takes divers from hot-spot destinations like Raja Ampat to old Caribbean favourites like Grand Cayman Isles. Readers will swim among whale sharks off Myanmar, befriend wolf eels off the coast of Maine, and marvel at the giant mola mola of Lembognan, Indonesia. Santella also provides complete 'if you go' suggestions for those who want to travel to these locales.

Water Light Time

by David Doubilet AUD$49.95 SC

An Extraordinary look at the work of David Doubilet, a diver; journalist and image-maker; who is widely acclaimed as the world's leading underwater photographer. A mesmerising and evocative volume, this book looks at a world in which humans are the encumbered intruders. This book includes over 25 years of his work and reveals the exquisite beauty of the sea in its life forms and landscapes.

Fish Face Portraits by David Doubilet

AUD $19.95 SC

David Doubilet shares extraordinary images of fish, crustaceans and turtles in this delightful book of amazing underwater photography.

Between the Flags One hundred summers of Australian surf lifesaving

edited by Ed Jaggard AUD $39.95 SC

This beautifully illustrated thematic history offers an objective view of an organisation that now deservedly enjoys iconic status in Australia.

Between the Flags reveals the 100-year history of Surf Life Saving Australia: the nation's best-known and most successful volunteer movement. As the foundation for Australia's world -renowned and unique beach culture, which embraces millions each summer, the surf lifesaving movement-with its 300 plus clubs and more than 100,000 members- has always given beachgoers a sense of security as they enjoy the surf.

Between the Flags 100 years of surf lifesaving

National Museum of Australia AUD $14.95 SC

Produced in conjunction with the Travelling exhibition of same name. This book captures the events, the personalities and the innovations that have made surf lifesaving in Australia the vibrant movement it is today.

Layne Beachley Beneath the Waves

by Michael Gordon with Layne Beachley AUD $34.95 SC

Layne Beachley's story is a testimony to the power of self-belief. It is about the skinny young girl they called 'Gidget' who overcame a king tide of obstacles, from chronic fatigue and depression to debilitating injury and family tragedy, to become an icon in the male-dominated world of competitive surfing. Winner of a record seven women's world championships, she also blazed trails in the mountainous waves of Hawaii's outer reefs, earning respect where it mattered most-in the water.

The Art of the Surfboard

by Drew Kampion AUD$49.95 HC

Part life story, part history, part how-to, and part fine-art portfolio, this book will inspire the surfing enthusiast, the collector, the cultural explorer and anyone else interested in the artful form of these most eloquent of functional wavecraft.

Alan Villiers Voyager of the Winds

by Kate Lance with a foreword by Sir Robin Knox - Johnston AUD $49.95

A must read for fans of Alan Villiers books.

Using Villiers' own journals and private notebooks, Kate Lance takes a close look at the complex, often conflicted man behind countless classic seafaring books and articles. She skillfully interweaves his personal story with that of commercial sail, exploring issues such as the presence of women on square-rigged ships, the Allied sea operations during the Second World War and the politics of ship preservation and reconstruction. Most importantly, however, she takes the reader on a captivating, fulfilling journey with one of the most accomplished adventurers of the twentieth century.

Australia 11 the final challenge  DVD

AUD $37.50   46.24mins

Australia II's dramatic "back from the brink" triumph in 1983 snatched sailing's greatest prize, the America's Cup and broke world sport's longest winning streak.

The crew reunited 17 years later to bring their yacht out of retirement to recapture her moment of glory - at the America's Cup 150th Jubilee Regatta in Cowes, Isle of Wight.

Includes -short history and footage of America's Cup, limited footage of winning race including crossing the line, interviews with crew, post win celebrations and footage at the Jubilee.

Redbill From Pearls to Peace- the life and times of a remarkable lugger

by Kate Lance AUD $29.95  SC

Once there were hundreds of wooden ketches like Redbill fishing for pearlshell in the old north-west, but none of them had her amazing gift for survival. She lived through the great days of Broome pearling, and when war came to Darwin she was there as bombs began to fall.

In Papua she hunted crocodiles and carried cargo for a tribe reclaiming it lost arts. As Redbill of Greenpeace she sailed the South Pacific to defy the French. She helped the refugees of East Timor, she carried troubled teenagers through the rough waters of Bass Strait and she found the way home for a young Aboriginal man.

Over a century Redbill coped with a lot- and then she ran into Rosita, the most powerful tropical cyclone to strike Broome in ninety years...

Wind in My Wings Running away to Sea in the 20th Century

by Fran Taylor AUD $29.95

Born and raised in Scotland, Frna Taylor first went to sea at age fourteen. Five years later, in 1966, she emigrated to Australia, almost inevitable by sea, but it was not until she was in her forties that seafaring became a big part of her life, rhis coming about through an unaccountably strong attraction to "tall ships". Meanwhile her varied working life culminated in a career as a contracts engineer after she had gained a vachelor;s degree.

She has had a number of articles about her adventures printed in sailing and other publications. In this book she captures life as a crew member aboard 20th century sailing vessels including the replica of the Endeavour.

Stoked! A History of Surf Culture

by Drew Kampion AUD $67.95 HC

Surf journalist Drew Kampion traces the evolution of modern beach culture and the challenging, beautiful sport that gave rise to it. From its Polynesian origins and the early says of Duke Kahanamoku's beachboys, to the California-style surfing cult that exploded in the 1960s, to the international pro circuits and the radical big-wave contests of today, Stoked tells the compelling story that has inspired entire genres of music, movies, fashion and art. This revised second edition has updated text and new photographs.

Wind on the Water and other Surf Stories

by Jack Finlay AUD $29.95 SC

Wind on the Water is about the true art of surfing: the attitude, imagination and wider mindset of the surfer, and the riding of life's waves. There are stories of battling ferocious storms at sea, the lifting and wheeling of an albatross surfing its first wave, and the unlikely parallels between surfing and boxing to name just a few.

This collection from acclaimed Australian surf writer Jack Finlay will resonate strongly with anyone who is drawn tot the mystique of the ocean swells. Beautifully evocative and coupled with photographs by foremost surfing photographer Jon Frank, this book is the essential companion for anyone who has ever plunged into the ocean and marveled at its energy and power.