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100 Best Surf Spots in the World The World's Best Breaks for Surfers in Search of the Perfect Wave

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ISBN-10: 0762725982

ISBN-13: 9780762725984

Edition: 2004

Authors: Rod Sumpter

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This guidebook features top surfing destinations ranging from Sunset Beach and the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia to Malibu, California and Oahu, Hawaii. Lesser-known destinations such as Metigama, Sri Lanka and Aviero, Portugal take readers to every corner of the globe in search of the perfect wave.
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List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Globe Pequot Press, The
Publication date: 10/1/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 230
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English

Rod Sumpter has won multiple national and international surfing championships, placed top ten in the World Surfing Championships, acted as president of the English Surfing Federation, held a starring role in the U.S. surfing film The Endless Summer, and captured more surfing titles in his thirty years of worldwide competition than most surfers in the world alive today. He is the author of100 Best Surf Spots in the World (Insiders' Guides).

Acknowledgments
Introduction
United States of America
Hawaii
Backdoor, North Shore, Oahu
Banzai Pipeline, North Shore, Oahu
Chuns Reef, North Shore, Oahu
Gas Chambers, North Shore, Oahu
Haleiwa, North Shore, Oahu
Laniakea, North Shore, Oahu
Log Cabins, North Shore, Oahu
Off the Wall, North Shore, Oahu
Pupukea, North Shore, Oahu
Rockpile, North Shore, Oahu
Rocky Point, North Shore, Oahu
Sunset Beach, North Shore, Oahu
Velzyland, North Shore, Oahu
Waimea Bay Point, North Shore, Oahu
Waimea Bay Shore Break, North Shore, Oahu
Makaha Beach, Oahu
Mokuleia Beach Park, North Shore, Oahu
Sandy Beach, South Shore, Oahu
Waikiki, Honolulu, Oahu
Honolua Bay, Maui
Ma alaea Pipeline, Lahaina, Maui
California
Huntington Beach
Malibu
Rincon
San Clemente Pier
San Onofre
Sunset Cliffs, San Diego
Trestles
Mavericks, Half Moon Bay
Santa Cruz
Eastern Seaboard
Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
Ocean City, Maryland
Sebastian Inlet, Florida
Latin America and the Caribbean
Mexico
La Rocca, Cabo San Lucas
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
Peru
Punta Rocas
West Indies
Soup Bowls, Bathsheba, Barbados
Northern Europe
Ireland
Dingle Peninsula, County Clare
United Kingdom
Crantock, Cornwall, Southwest England
Fistral Beach, Newquay, Cornwall, Southwest England
Gwithian, Cornwall, Southwest England
Millock, Cornwall, Southwest England
Penhale Corner, Cornwall, Southwest England
Perranporth, Cornwall, Southwest England
Porthleven, Cornwall, Southwest England
Porthmere Beach, St. Ives, Cornwall, Southwest England
Secrets, St. Ouens Beach, Jersey, Channel Islands
Skaill Bay, Orkney Islands, Scotland
Thurso East, Caithness, Scotland
France
Bidart Plage, Biarritz
Cote de Basque, Biarritz
Guethary, Pays Basque
Hossegor, Landes
Lafitenia
Spain
Mundaka, Pays Basque
Portugal
Costa Nova, Aveiro
Supertubos, Peniche
Canary Islands
La Santa, Lanzarote
La Santa Lefts, Lanzarote
Lobos Island
The Bubble, Fuerteventura
Morocco
Anchor Point, Agadir
Africa
West Africa
Cape Three Points, Ghana
South Africa
Cape St. Francis
Cave Rock, Durban, Natal
Dungeons, Cape Town
Jeffrey's Bay
North Beach, Durban
Pacific
Australia
Burleigh Heads, Gold Coast, Queensland
Duranbah, Gold Coast, Queensland
Greenmount, Gold Coast, Queensland
Kirra, Gold Coast, Queensland
Noosa Heads, Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Rainbow Bay, Gold Coast, Queensland
Snapper Rocks, Gold Coast, Queensland
Stradbroke Island, Gold Coast, Queensland
Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast, Queensland
Avalon Beach, Northern New South Wales
Bondi Beach, Sydney, New South Wales
Broken Head, Northern New South Wales
Cabarita Beach, Northern New South Wales
Grassy Head, New South Wales
Lennox Head, Northern New South Wales
Manly Beach, Sydney, New South Wales
Tallow Beach, New South Wales
The Pass, Byron Bay, New South Wales
Wategos, Byron Bay, New South Wales
Bells Beach, Victoria
Johanna, Victoria
Winkipop, Torquay, Victoria
Ocean Beach, Denmark, Western Australia
New Zealand
Indicators, North Island
Piha, North Island
Raglan, North Island
Fiji
Tavarua Island
Tahiti
Teahupoo
Japan
Niijima Island
Indonesia
Uluwatu, Bali
Indian Ocean
United Arab Emirates
Jumierah Beach, Dubai
Maldives
Lohifushi Island
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