Water category: 2366 books
Swimming
Technique, Training, Competition Strategy
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2014
Crowood Sports Guides provide sound, practical advice that will help make you a better sportsperson whether you are learning the basic skills, discovering more advanced techniques or reviewing the fundamentals of your sport. Featured in Swimming - Crowood Sports Guides are information boxes containing...
The Ultimate Guide to Swimming Front Crawl
Including, Triathlon & Event Swimming, Front Crawl Turns, Drills & Land Training
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2014
The 5th and final book of The Front Crawl series. This comprehensive guide covers exactly how to perfect the technique of swimming Front Crawl as well as preparing you for Triathlon , Pool and Open Water swimming events with detailed and structured session plans to follow. It includes Land Training...
by Eldin Onsgard
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2017
This book brings you all you need to know to learn swimming and to compete. It is illustrated with many photos, drawings, and videos to take you from the very beginning level of swimming to the intermediate competition level, including age group and high school swimming. It is written by a professor...
The First 130 Feet
True Stories from the Dive Deck
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2011
Whether you have been diving for years or just thinking about sticking your fins in the water for the first time, The First 130 Feet: True Stories from the Dive Deck will take you on underwater adventures you wont ever forget. Journey with author Ken Barrick as he explores hidden underwater worlds,...
by Ben Bryant
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2013
Surfing Tips and Tricks is a short guide to the realities of learning to surf for both beginner and intermediate surfers.Written from personal experience, this book lets you in on the secrets to becoming a better surfer.This is a non ‘text-book’ lesson in REAL SURFING, helping you discover the...
by Tom Anderson
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2005
The right-hand point at Jeffreys Bay is one of the surfing world’s most exciting finds, and from the age of twelve it had been my life’s purpose to surf there. J-Bay, South Africa – the fantasy, the almost mythical waves every surfer dreams of riding once in their lifetime.'
But Tom wouldn’t...
by Gerry Lopez
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2015
Written by one of the most revered surfers of his generation, Gerry Lopez's Surf Is Where You Find It is a collection of stories about a lifetime of surfing. But more than that, it is a collection of stories about the lessons learned from surfing. It presents 38 stories about those who have been influential...
Cliffs Of Insanity
A Winter On Ireland’s Big Waves
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2012
Surfing in Ireland was once considered little more than a fringe and slightly lunatic pursuit. The treacherous coastline and ice waters of the Atlantic did not sit comfortably with the stereotype of surfing as the favoured pastime of the bronzed and privileged. But with the discovery in the past few...
by Patrick Brighton, M.D.
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2013
From drowning to ear infections, the author covers everything a paddler needs to know to stay alive and well on the water. Paddlers' Guide to Treating Medical Emergencies is an indispensable resource whether out for a Class-I float or a whitewater journey.
The Last River
The Tragic Race for Shangri-la
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2010
It was the ultimate whitewater adventure on the Mount Everest of rivers, and the biggest challenge of their lives....
October 1998 an American whitewater paddling team traveled deep into the Tsangpo Gorge in Tibet to run the Yarlung Tsangpo, known in paddling circles as the "Everest of...
by Steve Colgate
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2012
From a racing master, all the knowledge you need to make your boat go faster and safer in any condition
In Performance Sailing and Racing, Steve Colgate explains how to improve your sailing and push your boat to higher but safer speeds. He shows you how get your boat to perform as it was designed--with...
The Zen of Swimming
How to enjoy swimming competively with least effort
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2014
Find out how you can enjoy competitive swimming, especially ocean swimming, with least effort.
Find out how to have fun, maintain balance, and enjoy effortless, efficient swimming.
Learn how you can race effectively in ocean swims, with up to date gear and techniques.
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by Anton Swanepoel
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2015
A Beginner's Scuba Diver Guide Book To Dive Computers.
Understanding the Principles Behind Dive Computers and How to Select What’s Right For You.
There is nothing more liberating than slipping beneath the waves to explore a world of teaming aquatic life, stunning coral reefs, and the occasional...
Adventures in the Ditch
A Memoir of Family, Navigation, and Discovery on the Intracoastal Waterway
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2011
As a seven-year-old boy, Jon Coile dreamed of spending the summer sailing Author of Evolution of an Xmas Letter the Atlantic. He just couldnt get his friends to cooperate. Coile grew up and spent time on the water, and in Adventures in the Ditch, he shares one story of a family nautical adventure.
Hoping...