Download Salts And Suits fb2

It also is a great book for truthful surfing history, going back to when it all started.

It also is a great book for truthful surfing history, going back to when it all started. Salts and Suits does an excellent job of not just focusing on Quiksilver, but also paying attention to all the other top companies around Quiksilver that were having similar growth problems and some short term success.

Salts and Suits book. Phil Jarratt provides a deep insight and understanding of both sides of the surf industry - salts and suits. He conveys an excellent contrast of passion versus business in what is now a multi million dollar industry. Definitely worth reading from either a business or 'salts' perspective.

Salts and Suits is the amazing true story of how a group of young beach .

Salts and Suits is the amazing true story of how a group of young beach bums turned their passion for riding big waves into the world's fastest growing leisure industry, surviving wipe-outs, drug busts, rip-offs, recessions and the constant pressure to act and dress like grown-ups. This book tells their stories, but more importantly, it tells the story of how, in business, passion can sometimes trump conventional wisdom, and the heart can overrule the head.

Salts and Suits : The Amazing True Story of How a Group of Young Surfers Became Industry Giants. This text presents the true story of how a group of young beach bums turned their passion for riding big waves into the world's fastest-growing leisure industry, surviving wipe-outs, drug busts, rip-offs, recessions and the constant pressure to act and dress like grown-ups.

January 24, 2012 Surf Books.

That Summer at Boomerang, by leading surf writer Phil Jarrat, is an evocative retelling of the little known story about the birth of surfing in Australia and the early beginnings of our beach culture and sporting heritage. In the first summer of World War One, while Australian soldiers made their way to the battlefields, the world's original aquatic superstar sailed for Sydney. Over a two-month, three-state tour, Hawaiian Duke Kahanamoku revolutionised perceptions of surfing and swimming, and changed forever the direction of fifteen-year-old Isabel Letham's life.

Phil Jarratt has spent his working life trying to work out whether to be a surfer or a writer He has written 25 books, the most recent of which, Salts & Suits, was shortlisted for this year’s.

Phil Jarratt has spent his working life trying to work out whether to be a surfer or a writer. He has also worked extensively in television, most recently for Foxtel Sports. He has written 25 books, the most recent of which, Salts & Suits, was shortlisted for this year’s Blake Dawson Prize for business literature.