LeRoy Grannis: Surf Photography of the 1960s and 1970s

Before shortboards and celebrity endorsements, there was LeRoy Grannis — suction-cupping a waterproof box to his board and shooting the sport from the inside out. Taschen's re-edition of his sold-out Collector's Edition gathers 400 pages of California and Hawaii in their bronzed, unhurried prime — perfect waves at San Onofre, wipeouts on the North Shore, and woody station wagons loaded with boards along the Pacific Coast Highway. The definitive document of surfing before it knew it was cool. Hardcover.