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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;\"Journalist, writer, educator, researcher,&amp;nbsp;trailblazer, entrepreneur, cultural ambassador, he is one of the most recognised and best known canoe personalties\"&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The World Paddle Awards Academy&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=\"/stand-up-paddle-boarding-book\"&gt;Stand Up Paddle Boarding - A Paddlers Guide 510pp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=\"/intro\"&gt;Outrigger Canoeing - A Paddlers Guide to The Ancient Sport of Kings 465pp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=\"/steerers-book-intro\"&gt;Outrigger Canoeing - The Art and Skill of Steering 168pp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=\"/oc1-book\"&gt;Outrigger Canoeing - OC1 Book - A Paddlers Guide 306pp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=\"/v1-book\"&gt;Outrigger Canoeing -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=\"/v1-book\"&gt;V1 Va'a Hoe - A Paddlers Guide 292pp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;'When one of our coaches and paddlers asked coach &lt;em&gt;Gerard&lt;/em&gt; from &lt;em&gt;Shell Va'a &lt;/em&gt;where he got his, &lt;em&gt;'Theory and Technique Concepts'&lt;/em&gt; from, he replied, &lt;em&gt;\"I read all the books - Steve West books and whatever books I can get a hold of\".&lt;/em&gt; You inspire us all and give words where there were none or little. Thank you so much. Your hard work is greatly appreciated world-wide from the big to the little fishes.'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Dani Gay - Lanikai CC Coach&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;'&lt;/span&gt;If you\u2019re into, or not into, stand up paddling, but want to be educated where it comes from and what it stands for, read this book by &lt;em&gt;Steve West.&lt;/em&gt; The more I read, the more I respect the real paddlers of the world!&lt;span&gt;'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Luke Egan - Australian Surfing Legend.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;'When you stay at a hotel for a stand up paddle race and open the drawer, this should be next to the&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Gideon's Bible.&lt;/em&gt; It is the must-have book for anyone who paddles SUPs!'.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Distressed Mullet.com&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;'Be inspired by &lt;a href=\"/stand-up-paddle-boarding-book\"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Stand Up Paddling \u2013 A Paddler\u2019s Guide&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and join us as we ride the oceans of the world together'.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Travis Grant 2013 Moloka'i Champion&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;'I love the book. It's a brilliant piece of work, it's like a &lt;em&gt;Lonely Planet Guide Book&lt;/em&gt; for Stand Up Paddling! I'm extremely impressed with how much research and time has been put into creating this book and I sincerely hope every stand up paddle fan out there goes and grabs a copy!'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Chris Parker SUPracer.com&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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