surfing

After moving to a new California beach town, eleven-year-old Pete feels lonely until he meets a dog that shares his passion for surfing.

Describes how thirteen-year-old surfer Bethany Hamilton survived an attack by a tiger shark that took her left arm.

Fourteen-year-old Kai Ford, a good surfer who respects the power of the sea, unfortunately does not always have the same respect for the privacy of other people.

When Lockie Leonard wipes out on a huge wave, he is thrown into a friendship with the weird, but extremely intelligent "Metal Head, " Geoff "Egg" Eggleston, who joins Lockie in his crusade to clean up the pollution in his coastal Australian town's harbor.

In an English seaside town, Matt befriends an elderly woman who helps him fulfill his dream of surfing and learn to accept his having been adopted.

Explains the concept of extreme as it relates to surfing, reviews the history of big-wave riding in ancient Hawaii, the north shore of Oahu in the 1950s and 1960s, and the period since the early 1990s, examines the science of surfing, and discusses the oceanography and geography of selected surfing sites, the feats of legendary extreme surfers, technical aspects of the sport, and its future.

Describes the equipment, techniques, tricks, competitions, and other aspects of skateboarding, snowboarding, and bodyboarding.

When Brendan arrives at his family's rented summer house, he hears horror stories from the locals about sharks in the water and grows frightened, even though his new friend Alex says the tales are not true.

"Five best friends go coastal in this fabulously fun surfing series from Roxy Girl!"--P. [4] of cover.

Surveys the history, equipment, techniques, and safety factors of surfing, including bodyboarding, flowboarding, and freesurfing.