Nat's Nat And That's That. A Surfing Legend

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Publisher: Nymboida Press
Publisher Place: Angourie
Publisher Year: 1998
Edition: First Edition

Description: 459 pages. Book is in general good condition. There is some light reading wear,marks to cover and spine present, but still a presentable copy. Pages are clean and tight. Nat Provides An Insight As To Why Surfers Are The Way They Are-in Recounting His Most Personal Feelings And Experiences He Invites The Reader To See Why Commited Surfers Have A Very Different Set Of Values To The Average Man In The Street.

Publishers Description: Robert "Nat" Young claims honestly not to remember the first time he rode a wave. He remembers the place- Sydneys Collaroy Beach in the 1950s- and he remembers how it felt. The sensations of those early rides on an inflatable rubber surfmat, "kicking and paddling into it, rushing straight down the face of wave," drove the course of Nats life from then on. Today, with numerous world titles spanning three decades, he is generally regarded as the greatest surfer of the modern era, and one of Australias finest ever athletes. But surfers are not like other athletes, and this book shows us why. It began as a series of short stories, drawn from Nats dinner party tales; in the writing process it became something else entirely. What has emerged is not just yet another story of a sportsmans relentless training, ups and downs, and eventual triumph over adversity. Its a sociological journey. As Nat crashes around the world from adventure to adventure, winning, losing and everything in between, he experiences the big Western cultural shifts of the past forty years from ground level. Australia before Vietnam and during the draft; hippie 1970 Byron Bay; the good life in California with obscure surfing legend Mickey Dora; Kuta before the tourism boom; environmentalism; dope; international fame and its consequences; its all here. As Nat "Its been a wonderful time to be alive and if I had it over I wouldnt change a thing- and it aint over yet."

ISBN: 0646357786