Patting the Shark Tim Baker was living the dream. A best-selling and award-winning surf writer with a beautiful family, a lifetime of exotic travel and a home walking distance to quality waves. That all changed on July 7, 2015, when he was diagnosed, out of the blue, with stage 4, metastatic prostate cancer. So began a …
Surfari All surfers dream of shedding responsibilities and answering the siren call of the ocean swells. For most, it is an ideal that recedes as age advances – as family, career and provider fatigue threaten to overwhelm the wanderlust of youth. But what if you could defy the slow march of age? Shelve all worldly …
The Surfer and the Mermaid (with Ted Grambeau) The Surfer and the Mermaid is a stunning children’s book bringing together the creative talents of reknowned surf photographer Ted Grambeau, writer Tim Baker, and designer Graham Murdoch and featuring surfer and anti-whaling activist Dave Rastovich, and mermaid-model Hannah Fraser.Ted Grambeau originally shot the images of Rastovich …
Australia’s Century of Surf Australia’s Century of Surf marks the centenary of the great Hawaiian Olympic swimmer and surfer Duke Kahanamoku’s visit to Australia in 1914. Duke was not the first to ride a surfboard in Australia, but his surfing exhibitions in the Summer of 1914-15 set in motion a great wave of oceanic obsession that …
Thrust – the Simon Anderson Story In October 1980, struggling with small waves on the fledgling pro tour, Simon Anderson stuck three fins on a surfboard and changed surfing forever. Now, for the first time, Simon tells the whole remarkable story of how a kid from Collaroy graduated to Narrabeen and then took on the …
Surf For Your Life (with Mick Fanning) Three-time world champion surfer Mick Fanning may only be a young man but he’s already experienced more than most of us ever will. How does it feel to lose a brother? Win a world title? Rip your hamstring muscle clean off the bone? Weave through a zippering Superbank …
THE RIP CURL STORY The Rip Curl Story is the remarkable tale of two young surfers – Doug ‘Claw’ Warbrick and Brian Singer – who pursued an audacious dream to make a living in pursuit of the ultimate ride. Bestselling surf writer Tim Baker tells this implausible story in an irresistible series of ripping yarns, offering rich …
Occy Child star at sixteen, ranked third in the world at seventeen, winner of the Pipeline Masters at nineteen – Mark Occhilupo looked set to sweep all before him with a radical, spontaneous, irresistible brand of surfing. Yet a spiralling descent into drug abuse and depression snuffed his flame out prematurely when he quit the …
Bustin’ Down The Door Bustin’ Down The Door is a story of unfaltering self-belief, of immense hardship and struggle, and of hilariously wild times, as Wayne “Rabbit” Bartholomew sets off from Australia’s Gold Coast, surfboard under his arm, to conquer the surfing world. From spartan days of living on rice and oats while tackling …
High Surf Tim Baker has profiled the surfing world’s most inspiring characters, encountered over two decades of surf writing, to highlight the life lessons and boundless inspiration to be gained from a lifestyle built around waveriding. From salty old surf legends to modern pro-surf stars, to surfers from all walks of life – writers, musicians, …