The cradle of surfing -- The Duke, Dillingham, and the Waikiki dream -- The dark side of paradise : race and sex in Hawaii -- Inventing Surfurbia : surfing to California -- War and surfing -- The surf boom -- Charlie don't surf : surfing and counterculture -- Surfing turns pro -- Engineering the coast -- Beating the crowds, literally and otherwise -- Surf tech -- Surfing at the frontiers -- Women and surfing : from flappers to Roxy Girl -- From Waikiki to Wall Street -- The world in the curl.