Author(s): Drew Kampion & Greg Noll

Art

One of the greatest surfers of all time, Greg Noll has built a considerable reputation as master of surfboard making, or "shaping."
Today, collectors and surfers alike prize his unique brand of board. Recently featured in the award-winning documentary feature, Riding Giants, "Da Bull," in his iconic black-and-white striped trunks, was emblematic of big surf and fearless commitment. In addition to being a pioneer of big-wave surfing, surf movies, and surf magazines, by the mid-1960s, Noll was one of the largest surfboard manufacturers in the world. Now living in Crescent City, California, Noll still shapes twelve boards a year out of old-growth salvage woods-replicas of Duke Kahanamoku's Solo and other exotica for collectors.
The Art of the Surfboard combines the art of building extraordinary surfboards with fascinating surfing history and photography. It's a must-have for surfers and surfing history buffs of any age.

The Art of the Surfboard includes:

• A biographical introduction to Greg Noll
• A concise history of the evolution of surfboards and construction techniques from ancient Hawaii to the modern era
• Descriptive step-by-step photo sequences with explanatory text on building balsa, foam, and classic wooden surfboards
• A chronological gallery of Greg Noll surfboards, vintage 1950 to 2005, featuring photographs, action shots, commentary from surfers and shapers, and from Greg himself on the boards and their eras
• Portraits of several important Greg Noll surfboard collectors and their collections, with accompanying bios and information on the boards
• A guide to the various Greg Noll surfboard labels and the years each was used
• Illustrated throughout with action surf shots taken by some of surfing's master photographers.