Tim Baker is an Australian

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specialising in

surf culture Surf culture includes the people, language, fashion, and lifestyle surrounding the sport of surfing. The history of surfing began with the ancient Polynesians. That initial culture directly influenced modern surfing, which began to flourish ...

. He has twice received the Australian Surfing Hall of Fame Culture Award, and is a former editor of '' Tracks'' and ''

Australia's Surfing Life ''Surfing Life'', formerly ''Australia’s Surfing Life'', is a magazine about surfing published at the Gold Coast, Queensland The Gold Coast, also known by its initials, GC, is a coastal city and region in the state of Queensland, Au ...

'' magazines. His work has appeared in a range of publications, including ''

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'', '' GQ'', ''

Inside Sport ''Inside Sport'' was an Australian sport magazine published by nextmedia. It began publication in 1991 and produced its last issue in June 2020. Its website still exists, essentially as a portal to articles on other Nextmedia-owned sports br ...

'', the ''

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'', '' The Australian Way'', ''

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'', the ''

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'', '' The Bulletin'', as well as numerous

surfing Surfing is a surface water sport in which an individual, a surfer (or two in tandem surfing), uses a board to ride on the forward section, or face, of a moving wave of water, which usually carries the surfer towards the shore. Waves suita ...

magazines. He is the best-selling author of four books on surfing, including ''Bustin’ Down The Door'' (HarperCollins, 1996, now in its eighth print run; see also the

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of the same name), ''High Surf'' (HarperCollins, 2007), ''Occy'' (Random House, 2008), ''Surf For Your Life'' with Mick Fanning (Random House, 2009) and ''The

Rip Curl Rip Curl is an Australian designer, manufacturer, and retailer of Surfing#Equipment, surfing sportswear (also known as ''boardwear'') and accompanying products, and a major athletic sponsor. Rip Curl has become one of the largest surfing compan ...

Story'' (Penguin, 2019). He is currently a senior contributor to ''Surfing World'', ''Surfing Life'', ''Surfer’s Path'' (UK), and the ''Surfers Journal''. Baker has appeared at the

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Byron Bay Byron Bay ( Minjungbal: ''Cavvanbah'') is a beachside town located in the far-northeastern corner of New South Wales, Australia (in Bundjalung Country). It is located north of Sydney and south of Brisbane. Cape Byron, a headland adjac ...

, and

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writers' festivals and the Sunshine Coast's Reality Bites Festival, and has conducted writing workshops at the Hunter, Sydney and Northern Rivers Writers Centres. He has worked in the media and surfing magazines for 25 years and has surfed and travelled throughout Australia, Indonesia, Hawaii, Central and South America, North America, Europe, Fiji, Tahiti, and Sri Lanka. He lives in

Currumbin, Queensland Currumbin ( ) is a coastal suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the , Currumbin had a population of 3,278 people. Geography The suburb extends from Currumbin Creek in the north to Wyberba Street in the south. The Pa ...

, with his wife and two children, and is currently working on a surfing-based novel.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Baker, Tim Living people Australian surfers Australian sportswriters Year of birth missing (living people)