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ABOUt tHE AUtHORS ANDREW WARREN is a lecturer in geography and planning at the University of New England,Australia.AndrewwasborninWollongong,grewupsurfinglocalbreaksaround his hometown, and completed his PhD at the University of Wollongong on the survival of local custom manufacturers in the globalized surfboard industry. He has also written about other forms of cultural production and vernacular creativity, including custom car design and Aboriginal hip-hop, publishing in scholarly journals such as Environment and Planning A, The Journal of Pacific History, Ethnic and Racial Studies, and Australian Geographer. CHRIS GIBSON is a professor of human geography and director of the Global Challenges Research Program at the University of Wollongong, Australia. He has written extensively on the creative industries, especially music. His books include Sound Tracks: Popular Music, Identity and Place; Deadly Sounds, Deadly Places: Contemporary Aboriginal Music in Australia; and Creativity in Peripheral Places: Redefining the Creative Industries. Production Notes for WARREN AND GIBSON / SURFING PLACES, SURFBOARD MAKERS Text design and composition by Mardee Melton Display type in IC Clarion and text type in Arno Pro Printing and binding by Sheridan Books, Inc. Printed on 60# House white, 444 ppi ...

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