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Skipper is a renown Cape
Fear Coast pioneer surfer and waterman. He is known
for his humor, perseverance and unsinkable nature.
He grew up on the Cape Fear Coast, started his apprenticeship
in surfing in the mid 1950s, played around with balsa
surfboards in the late 1950s and then helped popularize
stand up surfing by the early 1960s.
He has worked as a horse stable
owner and construction manager, but beginning in
1968 and for more than a third of a century, his
work life was spent as a professional ship or yacht
captain. He has lived a waterman’s
life and ridden waves all over the Atlantic Ocean,
Pacific Ocean and elsewhere. As a well-seasoned traveler
and a master mariner, the treasures he liberated always
included good surf.
Skipper has been writing about
surfing for over forty years and serves as the native
Cape Fear Coast’s
preeminent surfing historian. He currently resides
on the Cape Fear Coast with his wife and two children.
Links from the Author
Surf
64 Productions LTD.
UNCW
Surfing Archive
Kenny
Onufrock - Surf Photographer
(KO alternate
site: stackedlines.com)
John
Braswell Photography
WB Live Surf.com
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Surfing
on the
Cape Fear Coast
by Joseph "Skipper" Funderburg
$29.95
plus $10.95 tax and shipping
ISBN: 978-0-9792431-2-7
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SCFC News
June 9
Skipper's
First Signing.
Join Skipper and Daniel this
Monday at "The Book Shop" at Carolina
Beach.
The Book Shop is inside the Snow's Cut Monthly officies.
Skipper will be there signing his new book June 9.
Starts around 5:30 pm.
June
21
Another
Signing!
Two Sisters
Bookery, located in the Cotton Exchange, has
arranged to have Skipper come to their store on
June 21 at 3:00pm to 4:30pm to sign his book. The
public is invited to attend.
July
4
Signing at Britt's Donuts
Bobby Nivens
owner and head donut maker at Britt's Donuts, the Boardwalk - Carolina
Beach, invited me and Skipper to have a book signing this 4th of July. Skipper
and I signed some books, played games of chance (I believe illegal in NC!) and
dined with the donut shop staff on a delicious lunch cooked for us by Maxine
Nivens, Bobby's wife and local donut queen. Skipper and I gave away some limited
edition bumper stickers and generally had a good ol' time. The day before, we
met at Barnes and Noble to deliver our flammin' hot
hot hot selling
books. I snapped a picture of Skipper at the North Carolina shelf which prominently
featured the most popular (and currently only - but not for long) 3 SlapDash
titles. Top
shelf all the way baby!
July
6
StarNews Coverage by Ben Steelman
Ben Steelman, genius writer for the StarNews in Wilmington, penned a
HUGE article detailing Surfing on the Cape Fear Coast.
Skipper and I have been anticipating the article for a few weeks and we were
rewarded with a tremendous and informative article. We garnered a spot on the
front page (top left) and more than a page and a half of actual article in the
Today section.
We are completely stoked!
See for yourself.
Part 1 (front page blurb), Part
2, Part
3.
July
20
Book signing at The Beach House Bar and Grill,
Wilmington
Benefit for Surfers Healing,
Wrightsville Beach Chapter
Slapdash Publishing, LLC donated a portion of the sale
of each Surfing on the Cape Fear Coast book to Surfers Healing Wrightsville Beach
Chapter. Two boss bands, a variety of raffles and a couple of hundred happy people
made the day a keeper. Good food, cold bevy's and good vibes.
www.thebeachhousebar.com
www.surfershealing.com
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Pre-Delivery
Drama.....
UPDATE 1: We received 5 advanced copies in
the mail today (4-22-08) and they look awesome. Perfect. Our huge shipment of
books will be here in late May. Skipper is beside himself.
UPDATE
2: The ship
has come in! The APL Vietnam arrived in NYC on
May 20th (earlier than expected) and the shipment
will be at High & Dry Mini Storage Wednesday
or Thursday of this coming week. Sweet!
UPDATE
3: Got 'em! The
humongous truck brought them to storage. We had given
up for the day and were expecting them for Monday when
we got the call. Skipper, Danny and Daniel are running
the books to the retailers. So far, everything is looking
good. Our printers haven't missed a beat so far. They
are excellent. You cannot hardly beat their quality. |
Local
Retailers
Carolina & Kure Beach
Island Tackle & Hardware
The Cove Surf Shop
The Book Shop
Sand Barz Surf & Skate
Marley's Grocery
Wrightsville Beach
Surf City Surf Shop
Sweetwater Surf Shop
Wrightsville Beach Museum
Wilmington
Barnes & Noble
Aussie Island Surf Shop
Momentum Surf Shop
Two Sister's Bookery
Pomegranate Books
Surf Camp
Hot Wax Surf Shop
Surf City
Spinnaker Surf Shop
Hampstead
DoubleWide Skate & Surf
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Media
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Part
1 (blurb), Part
2, Part
3.
StarNews - Today Section
July 6, 2008
Snow's
Cut Monthly, June
2008
DVD
of Vintage Surfing. Makes a great companion to
Surfing
on the Cape Fear Coast, Order
here
Snow's
Cut Monthly, May 2008
Island
Gazette, May 21, 2008
(Promotional
Banner)
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Lumina
News, May 2008
Surf
Exhibt Article
StarNews,
May 2008, PDF
Board Shorts Article
StarNewsNNovember
2007
Snow's Cut - The Book Shop
June
2008
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