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Riding the Magic Carpet - A Surfer's Odyssey in Search of the Perfect Wave - cover

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Riding the Magic Carpet - A Surfer's Odyssey in Search of the Perfect Wave

Tom Anderson

Publisher: Summersdale

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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 go until he was ready. He would seek out surf-spots from the virgin reef-breaks of the Outer Orkneys to the temple point-breaks of Indonesia, from the beautiful beaches of France to the wilds of Sri Lanka, on his quest to ride the waves of his dreams. Riding the Magic Carpet will do for surfing what Fever Pitch did for football. Get on the road. Get in the water. Get stoked.
Available since: 06/05/2005.

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