Provides information on the art of building surfboards, surfing history, and photography. This book includes a concise history of the evolution of surfboards and construction techniques, and a chronological gallery of Greg Noll surfboards. It features photographs, action shots, commentary from surfers and shapers on the boards and their eras.

"The Art of the Surfboard" includes: a concise history of the evolution of surfboards and construction techniques from ancient Hawaii to the modern era; a chronological gallery of Greg Noll surfboards, vintage 1950 to 2005, featuring photographs, action shots, commentary from surfers and shapers, and from Greg himself on the boards and their eras. It is illustrated throughout with action surf shots taken by some of surfing's master photographers.