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SURFING

page twenty

WINDSURFING

page seventy-two

KITE-SURFING

page one hundred and fourteen

BODYBOARDING

page one hundred and thirty

ALWAYS RIDING THE WAVEBODYSURFING, LONGBOARDING/STAND UP PADDLING, TOW-IN SURFING

page one hundred and forty

C O N T E N T S

Project editor VALERIA MANFERTO DE FABIANIS

Editorial coordination GIORGIA RAINERI

Graphic layout PAOLA PIACCO

Text by GUILLAUME DUFAU

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“IN THIS BOOK WE SEE THE MAJESTIC SEA RIDDEN WITH MASTERY AND AUDACITY BY ADVENTUROUS SURFERS,

THE STARS OF AN EXTRAORDINARY GALLERY OF IMAGES”. NAME SURNAME

IN THIS BOOK WE SEE THE MAJESTIC SEA RIDDEN WITH MASTERY AND AUDACITY BY ADVENTUROUS SURFERS,

THE STARS OF AN EXTRAORDINARY GALLERY OF IMAGES. VENTURING PATIENTLY AND FEARLESSLY INTO THE

MIDST OF FRIGHTFULLY POWERFUL WAVES MEASURING UP TO 17-FEET (5-M) HIGH, THEY RIDE THE CLEAR BLUE

SURFACE WITH UNMATCHED THRILL AND SKILL. LEAPING ONTO THE CREST OF THE WAVE AT PRECISELY THE

RIGHT MOMENT, THEY FINALLY DOMINATE THE WAVE AND, IN DOING SO, EXERCISE THE SAME CONTROL OVER

THEMSELVES, THEIR EMOTIONS AND THEIR OWN LIVES. THESE EXTRAORDINARY “KNIGHTS OF THE WAVES”,

WHO HAVE ALSO STARRED IN SOME FAMOUS FILMS, REPRESENT OUR COLLECTIVE LOVE OF THE CHALLENGE AND

ELEGANCE OF THE ATHLETIC AND ACROBATIC ACT, OF LIFE IN CONTACT WITH NATURE AND THE DESIRE FOR

FREEDOM: A BURST OF FRESH AIR THAT YOU CAN BREATHE THROUGH THE PAGES OF THIS INCREDIBLY ENGAG-

ING AND AESTHETICALLY SATISFYING BOOK. IN THIS BOOK WE SEE THE MAJESTIC SEA RIDDEN WITH MASTERY

AND AUDACITY BY ADVENTUROUS SURFERS, THE STARS OF AN EXTRAORDINARY GALLERY OF IMAGES.

VENTURING PATIENTLY AND FEARLESSLY INTO THE MIDST OF FRIGHTFULLY POWERFUL WAVES MEASURING UP TO

17-FEET (5-M) HIGH, THEY RIDE THE CLEAR BLUE SURFACE WITH UNMATCHED THRILL AND SKILL. LEAPING

ONTO THE CREST OF THE WAVE AT PRECISELY THE RIGHT MOMENT, THEY FINALLY DOMINATE THE WAVE.

SURF

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T H E N A L L C O L L A P S E D ,A N D T H E G R E A T S H R O U D O F T H E S E A

R O L L E D O N A S I T R O L L E D

F I V E T H O U S A N D Y E A R S A G O .

H E R M A N M E L V I L L E

M O B Y D I C K

3322--3333 IF YOU WANT TO BUILD A SHIP, DON’T DRUM UP PEOPLE TOGETHER TO COLLECT WOOD AND DON’T ASSIGN THEM TASKS AND WORK

3322--3333 IF YOU WANT TO BUILD A SHIP, DON’T DRUM UP PEOPLE TOGETHER TO COLLECT WOOD AND DON’T ASSIGN THEM TASKS AND WORK, BUT RATHER TEACH THEM TO LONG FOR THE

ENDLESS IMMENSITY OF THE SEA.

3322--3333 IF YOU WANT TO BUILD A SHIP, DON’T DRUM UP PEOPLE TOGETHER TO COLLECT WOOD AND DON’T ASSIGN THEM TASKS AND WORK, BUT RATHER TEACH THEM TO LONG.

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“IN THIS BOOK WE SEE THE MAJESTIC SEA RIDDEN WITH MASTERY AND AUDACITY BY ADVENTUROUS SURFERS,

THE STARS OF AN EXTRAORDINARY GALLERY OF IMAGES”. NAME SURNAME

IN THIS BOOK WE SEE THE MAJESTIC SEA RIDDEN WITH MASTERY AND AUDACITY BY ADVENTUROUS SURFERS,

THE STARS OF AN EXTRAORDINARY GALLERY OF IMAGES. VENTURING PATIENTLY AND FEARLESSLY INTO THE

MIDST OF FRIGHTFULLY POWERFUL WAVES MEASURING UP TO 17-FEET (5-M) HIGH, THEY RIDE THE CLEAR BLUE

SURFACE WITH UNMATCHED THRILL AND SKILL. LEAPING ONTO THE CREST OF THE WAVE AT PRECISELY THE

RIGHT MOMENT, THEY FINALLY DOMINATE THE WAVE AND, IN DOING SO, EXERCISE THE SAME CONTROL OVER

THEMSELVES, THEIR EMOTIONS AND THEIR OWN LIVES. THESE EXTRAORDINARY “KNIGHTS OF THE WAVES”,

WHO HAVE ALSO STARRED IN SOME FAMOUS FILMS, REPRESENT OUR COLLECTIVE LOVE OF THE CHALLENGE AND

ELEGANCE OF THE ATHLETIC AND ACROBATIC ACT, OF LIFE IN CONTACT WITH NATURE AND THE DESIRE FOR

FREEDOM: A BURST OF FRESH AIR THAT YOU CAN BREATHE THROUGH THE PAGES OF THIS INCREDIBLY ENGAG-

ING AND AESTHETICALLY SATISFYING BOOK. IN THIS BOOK WE SEE THE MAJESTIC SEA RIDDEN WITH MASTERY

AND AUDACITY BY ADVENTUROUS SURFERS, THE STARS OF AN EXTRAORDINARY GALLERY OF IMAGES.

VENTURING PATIENTLY AND FEARLESSLY INTO THE MIDST OF FRIGHTFULLY POWERFUL WAVES MEASURING UP TO

17-FEET (5-M) HIGH, THEY RIDE THE CLEAR BLUE SURFACE WITH UNMATCHED THRILL AND SKILL. LEAPING

ONTO THE CREST OF THE WAVE AT PRECISELY THE RIGHT MOMENT, THEY FINALLY DOMINATE THE WAVE.

WIN

DSUR

F

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3322--3333 IF YOU WANT TO BUILD A SHIP, DON’T DRUM UP PEOPLE TOGETHER TO COLLECT WOOD AND DON’T ASSIGN

THEM TASKS AND WORK IF YOU WANT TO BUILD A SHIP, DON’T DRUM UP PEOPLE TOGETHER TO COLLECT WOOD

AND DON’T ASSIGN THEM TASKS AND WORK, BUT RATHER TEACH THEM TO LONG FOR THE ENDLESS IMMENSITY OF

THE SEA.

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T H E N A L L C O L L A P S E D ,A N D T H E G R E A T S H R O U D O F T H E S E A

R O L L E D O N A S I T R O L L E D

F I V E T H O U S A N D Y E A R S A G O .

H E R M A N M E L V I L L E

M O B Y D I C K

3322--3333 IF YOU WANT TO BUILD A SHIP, DON’T DRUM UP PEOPLE TOGETHER TO COLLECT WOOD AND DON’T ASSIGN THEM TASKS AND WORK

3322--3333 IF YOU WANT TO BUILD A SHIP, DON’T DRUM UP PEOPLE TOGETHER TO COLLECT WOOD AND DON’T ASSIGN THEM TASKS AND WORK, BUT RATHER TEACH THEM TO LONG FOR THE

ENDLESS IMMENSITY OF THE SEA.

3322--3333 IF YOU WANT TO BUILD A SHIP, DON’T DRUM UP PEOPLE TOGETHER TO COLLECT WOOD AND DON’T ASSIGN THEM TASKS AND WORK, BUT RATHER TEACH THEM TO LONG.

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112222--112233 OCEANO PACIFICO, OREGON - LE TEMPESTE OCEANICHE CHE SI

SCATENANO AL LARGO DI CAPE KIWANDA DANNO VITA A VIOLENTE

MAREGGIATE.

112244--112255 OCEANO PACIFICO, HAWAII - DURANTE LA STAGIONE INVERNALE

LE IMPRESSIONANTI ONDE HAWAIANE POSSONO RAGGIUNGERE I QUINDICI

METRI DI ALTEZZA.

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“IN THIS BOOK WE SEE THE MAJESTIC SEA RIDDEN WITH MASTERY AND AUDACITY BY ADVENTUROUS SURFERS,

THE STARS OF AN EXTRAORDINARY GALLERY OF IMAGES”. NAME SURNAME

IN THIS BOOK WE SEE THE MAJESTIC SEA RIDDEN WITH MASTERY AND AUDACITY BY ADVENTUROUS SURFERS,

THE STARS OF AN EXTRAORDINARY GALLERY OF IMAGES. VENTURING PATIENTLY AND FEARLESSLY INTO THE

MIDST OF FRIGHTFULLY POWERFUL WAVES MEASURING UP TO 17-FEET (5-M) HIGH, THEY RIDE THE CLEAR BLUE

SURFACE WITH UNMATCHED THRILL AND SKILL. LEAPING ONTO THE CREST OF THE WAVE AT PRECISELY THE

RIGHT MOMENT, THEY FINALLY DOMINATE THE WAVE AND, IN DOING SO, EXERCISE THE SAME CONTROL OVER

THEMSELVES, THEIR EMOTIONS AND THEIR OWN LIVES. THESE EXTRAORDINARY “KNIGHTS OF THE WAVES”,

WHO HAVE ALSO STARRED IN SOME FAMOUS FILMS, REPRESENT OUR COLLECTIVE LOVE OF THE CHALLENGE AND

ELEGANCE OF THE ATHLETIC AND ACROBATIC ACT, OF LIFE IN CONTACT WITH NATURE AND THE DESIRE FOR

FREEDOM: A BURST OF FRESH AIR THAT YOU CAN BREATHE THROUGH THE PAGES OF THIS INCREDIBLY ENGAG-

ING AND AESTHETICALLY SATISFYING BOOK. IN THIS BOOK WE SEE THE MAJESTIC SEA RIDDEN WITH MASTERY

AND AUDACITY BY ADVENTUROUS SURFERS, THE STARS OF AN EXTRAORDINARY GALLERY OF IMAGES.

VENTURING PATIENTLY AND FEARLESSLY INTO THE MIDST OF FRIGHTFULLY POWERFUL WAVES MEASURING UP TO

17-FEET (5-M) HIGH, THEY RIDE THE CLEAR BLUE SURFACE WITH UNMATCHED THRILL AND SKILL. LEAPING

ONTO THE CREST OF THE WAVE AT PRECISELY THE RIGHT MOMENT, THEY FINALLY DOMINATE THE WAVE.

KITE

-SUR

F

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“IN THIS BOOK WE SEE THE MAJESTIC SEA RIDDEN WITH MASTERY AND AUDACITY BY ADVENTUROUS SURFERS,

THE STARS OF AN EXTRAORDINARY GALLERY OF IMAGES”. NAME SURNAME

IN THIS BOOK WE SEE THE MAJESTIC SEA RIDDEN WITH MASTERY AND AUDACITY BY ADVENTUROUS SURFERS,

THE STARS OF AN EXTRAORDINARY GALLERY OF IMAGES. VENTURING PATIENTLY AND FEARLESSLY INTO THE

MIDST OF FRIGHTFULLY POWERFUL WAVES MEASURING UP TO 17-FEET (5-M) HIGH, THEY RIDE THE CLEAR BLUE

SURFACE WITH UNMATCHED THRILL AND SKILL. LEAPING ONTO THE CREST OF THE WAVE AT PRECISELY THE

RIGHT MOMENT, THEY FINALLY DOMINATE THE WAVE AND, IN DOING SO, EXERCISE THE SAME CONTROL OVER

THEMSELVES, THEIR EMOTIONS AND THEIR OWN LIVES. THESE EXTRAORDINARY “KNIGHTS OF THE WAVES”,

WHO HAVE ALSO STARRED IN SOME FAMOUS FILMS, REPRESENT OUR COLLECTIVE LOVE OF THE CHALLENGE AND

ELEGANCE OF THE ATHLETIC AND ACROBATIC ACT, OF LIFE IN CONTACT WITH NATURE AND THE DESIRE FOR

FREEDOM: A BURST OF FRESH AIR THAT YOU CAN BREATHE THROUGH THE PAGES OF THIS INCREDIBLY ENGAG-

ING AND AESTHETICALLY SATISFYING BOOK. IN THIS BOOK WE SEE THE MAJESTIC SEA RIDDEN WITH MASTERY

AND AUDACITY BY ADVENTUROUS SURFERS, THE STARS OF AN EXTRAORDINARY GALLERY OF IMAGES.

VENTURING PATIENTLY AND FEARLESSLY INTO THE MIDST OF FRIGHTFULLY POWERFUL WAVES MEASURING UP TO

17-FEET (5-M) HIGH, THEY RIDE THE CLEAR BLUE SURFACE WITH UNMATCHED THRILL AND SKILL. LEAPING

ONTO THE CREST OF THE WAVE AT PRECISELY THE RIGHT MOMENT, THEY FINALLY DOMINATE THE WAVE.

BODY

BOAR

D

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T O K I L L T H E S U N O R T H E M O O N O R T H E

S T A R S . I T I S E N O U G H T O L I V E O N T H E S E A

A N D K I L L O U R T R U E B R O T H E R S .

E R N E S T H E M I N G W A Y

T H E O L D M A N A N D T H E S E A

3322--3333 IF YOU WANT TO BUILD A SHIP, DON’T DRUM UP PEOPLE TOGETHER TO COLLECT WOOD AND DON’T ASSIGN THEM TASKS AND WORK

3322--3333 IF YOU WANT TO BUILD A SHIP, DON’T DRUM UP PEOPLE TOGETHER TO COLLECT WOOD AND DON’T ASSIGN THEM TASKS AND WORK, BUT RATHER TEACH THEM TO LONG.