About the Author

Jim Heimann is the Executive Editor for TASCHEN. A cultural anthropologist, historian, and an avid collector, he has authored numerous titles on architecture, pop culture, and the history of Los Angeles and Hollywood, including TASCHEN’s Surfing, Los Angeles. Portrait of a City, California Crazy, and the All-American Ads series.

Reviews

In this crowded world, the surfer can still seek and find the perfect day, the perfect wave, and be alone with the surf and his thoughts.
*John Severson*

The undisputed bible of surf culture.
*Vogue*

This is the bible to put in the hands of every surfing aficionado. A rich and ultra-documented panorama about the sport... Surfing is more than just a coffee table book, it is above all a rare and precious volume to be passed on from generation to generation.
*Cote Magazine*

Visual historian Jim Heimann brings his keen eye to the waves, culture, sport, and style of surfing in this gorgeous book.
*The Los Angeles Times*

Surfing will undoubtedly go down as the last word in the space.
*The Surfer’s Journal*

This book is perfect.
*The Washington Post*

Pretty much the sport's most epic coffee table book yet.
*Wired.com*

Surfing is a magnificent book.
*Surfline.com*

It's all here - the clothes, the boards, the music, the contests, the rivalries, the surfer dudes...
*Tatler*