Surf shack: laid-back living by the water, hardcover/nina freudenberger

Cabin porn goes coastal in Nina Freudenbergers Surf Shack Vanity Fair ], and here are bungalows, trailers, cabins, and beach homes where surfers retreat after a day on the waves.

Peek inside the homes of longtime enthusiasts and dedicated newcomers that reflect not just a sport or passion, but also a way of life.

Blake and Heather Mycoskie of TOMS, hotelier Sean MacPherson, Gypset author Julia Chaplin, and others have set up their spaces to embrace a casual ease and be the break between the waves.

With vibrant photographs of design details and bright beaches--from Malibu to the Rockaways, from Japan to Australia--this book captures the soulful milieu of a lifestyle we all aspire to.

Surfers are a breed onto themselves and their homes .

Nina Freudenberger has taken a good look at not only a number of these vastly different abodes but also a quick glimpse into the particular and even peculiar lives that are lived there.

Because after all, to a surfer at least, surfing is the only life.

- Gerry Lopez, renowned surfer, innovator, and author of Surf is Where You Find It.