Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction: A Political History of Surfing 1
5. 1. How Surfing Became American: The Imperial Roots of Modern Surf Culture 8
6. 2. A World Made Safe for Discovery: Travel, Cultural Diplomacy, and the Politics of Surf Exploration 41
7. 3. Paradise Found: The Discovery of Indonesia and the Surfing Imagination 61
8. 4. When Surfing Discovered It Was Political: Confronting South African Apartheid 91
9. 5. Industrial Surfing: The Commodification of Experience 131
10. Epilogue: A New Millennium 154
11. Notes 165
12. Index 229