Cover photo: Evan Valiere rides a wave at the Billabong Pipe Masters on December 9, 2011, at Pipeline, Hawaii. (Photo © Mana Photo/Shutterstock.com)
page 1: Surfers charge the waves. (Photo © Ron Dahlquist)
pages 2: Darrick Doerner rides Peahi. (Photo © Jeff Divine)
pages 4: Classic surfing decals and stickers. (Keith Eshelman Collection/Voyageur Press Archives)
page 6: The image of the woman surfer, circa 1930s: Tap-dancing starlet Eleanor Powell poses with a surfboard prop. (Surfing Heritage Foundation Archives)
page 7: The image of the woman surfer, circa 1990s: Lisa Andersen cuts a curve. (Photo © Jeff Divine)
pages 8 and 9: Classic surf music album covers. (Voyageur Press Archives)
page 10: Surfer Lauren Spalding in Tavarua, Fiji. (Photo © Ron Dahlquist)
page 11: Woody Brown, still surfing at 89 years young. (Photo © Ron Dahlquist)
Title page: The end of another perfect day at Kuau Cove on Maui. (Photo © Ron Dahlquist)
Title page inset: Hawai’ian travel decal, circa 1920s. (Voyageur Press Archives)
Above: The glory days of Hawai’ian surfing at Waikiki Beach, circa 1927: from left, Harry Rebello, Blue Makua, Turkey Love, David Kahanamoku, Ox, Curley Conley, and Louie Kahanamoku.
Contents pages: Waikiki surfing postcard, circa 1950s. (Voyageur Press Archives)