Surfing Places, Surfboard Makers: Craft, Creativity, and Cultural Heritage in Hawaii, California, and Australia

Contents

CONtENtS vii List of Illustrations xi Acknowledgments 1 Introduction 26 Chapter 1 Surfing Places, Surfboard Makers: A Historical Geography 55 Chapter 2 A Pacific Story: Surfboard Making in the Wood Era 84 Chapter 3 Foam Futures: Evolution of the Modern Surfboard Industry 111 Chapter 4 Made by Hand: A Custom System of Production 145 Chapter 5 Crafting Surfboards: Gender, Bodies, and Emotions 174 Chapter 6 Global Stoke: The Commercialization of Surfing 193 Chapter 7 Computer Shaping: Mechanized Surfboard Production 219 Chapter 8 Surfboard Making: New (and Uncertain) Horizons 243 Notes 255 Bibliography 261 Index ...