More Than a Kick by Jennifer Castles; Tayla Harris

$19.99 AUD

Category: Sport

In March 2019, Tayla Harris went from rising AFLW star to the face of a movement. A photo of her mighty airborne kick was viciously attacked online and Tayla chose to call out the online harassment. Six months later she was unveiling a bronze statue of her kick in the heart of Melbourne, inspiring girls and young women everywhere to stand strong and pursue the things they love. ...Show more

Rough Habit: An Unlikely Champion by Ken Linnett

$24.99 AUD

Category: Sport

Rough Habit An Unlikely Champion is a tale that captures the essence of horse racing - from dreaming to inspiration, to luck good and bad, to fortunes and reputations made. It's the story not just of an unexpected champion horse, but of those who took him to greatness. Rough Habit is one in the long li ne of New Zealand-bred champions who have crossed the Tasman and become dominant figures in Australian racing - think Rising Fast, Redcraze, Kiwi, Bonecrusher and Sunline. Like so many before him, Rough Habit came from humble beginnings, bred as little more than a hobby, via a free service, to an unfashionable imported sire, Rough Cast, from the unraced mare Certain Habit. The resultant colt's stature suggested that the experiment was doomed to fail. His breeder, Isabell Roddick, said of Rough Habit, the foal: "He was...probably not the best looking, but I didn't think he was as hideous as he's been made out to be. He was a very small horse. But looks don't tell you if they're going to win a race." Win races he did, 11 of them at Group 1 level, behind only the mighty Sunline for wins at the highest level. He became a cult hero in Brisbane, winning two Stradbroke Handicaps and a record three Doomben Cups. Telling his story in full for the first time is Ken Linnett, winner of the 2018 Bill Whittaker Award for the best book on horse racing in Australia and New Zealand, for his story on Tulloch, the champion of the 1950s and '60s. Linnett has applied the same forensic attention that made Tulloch such a critical and commercial success, to the story of Rough Habit. ...Show more

Fishing Knots Your complete guide easy learn how by CLASSON ; HAWKINS

$16.99 AUD

Category: Sport

Bill Classon and Nigel Webster host the popular TV show - The Fishing Show - screening weekly on the 7 Network and in this book outline all the knots anglers will need to catch a fish. Together they have put together every knot that a budding angler is likely to need. This book caters for everyone from the beginner to an expert and has everything in it - from the basic knots through to some of the more advanced. Whether you are a first timer and a seasoned angler - There is something in it for you. Superbly illustrated by Trevor Hawkins the book - the knots are easy to follow making it so easy to master the technique to tying dependable fishing knots. Every budding angler will find something in this comprehensive book. ...Show more

Golden Daze (Australian Surfing Then to Now) by Sean Doherty

$45.00 AUD

Category: Sport

Australia's best surf writer brings to life the wild, bold, brave story of Australian surfing from the 60s to the present through the stories of Surfing Australia's Hall of Fame surfers and contemporary surfing legends. Golden Daze is a compelling memoir of Australian surfing through a year in the life of Australia's top surfers. Starting in 1963, renowned surfing journalist Sean Doherty charts the history of surfing through the stories of Surfing Australia's Hall of Fame inductees. Taking a year and a surfer at a time, he will reveal what they did, where they surfed and their life events in fascinating depth and detail. Illustrated with unpublished images from the surfers' private collections, these stories also give a vivid sense of the shifting world around them, particularly in the ever-changing realm of surfing. Golden Daze opens in 1963 with Peter Troy jumping ship in Melbourne with a surfboard under his arm, embarking on his fabled surfing odyssey that saw him introducing surfing to Brazil, being crowned European champion, hitching alone across the Kalahari Desert and watching an unknown band from Liverpool called the Beatles. 1964 is Midget Farrelly's story of winning the first world title on home sand at Manly Beach. In 1969 Wayne Lynch goes down the coast, avoiding the Vietnam draft. And in 1971, Alby Falzon stumbles upon the island of Bali while shooting his humble surf movie Morning of the Earth. The book brings to life the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s and noughties through the eyes of the Australian surfers who defined them best, ending today with stories of potential Hall of Famers, contemporary stars like Mick Fanning, Joel Parkinson and Tyler Wright. Part journal, part biography, part surf culture memoir, Golden Daze gives a fascinating insight into Australian surfing and what makes it so unique. ...Show more

Barty: Power and Glory (Ash Barty) by Ron Reed

$29.99 AUD

Category: Sport

For a variety of reasons, Australian sport needed an uplifting, inspirational, feel-good story in 2019. The year was only little more than half over before one had well and truly arrived - one of the best ever, in fact. Tennis star Ashleigh Barty captured the public's imagination and admiration by not o nly winning a major tournament for the first time, the French Open, and ascending to the world No 1 ranking, the first Australian woman to do so for 46 years, but by the humble, modest, gracious and yet iron-willed and fiercely focussed way she went about it. In all she did, she was the definition of the word classy. In short, she made Australia proud. Among those watching intently was one of Australia's most experienced and respected sportswriters, Ron Reed, who decided that Barty's breakthrough into the very top echelons of one of the nation's favourite sports needed to be recorded in forensic detail - the wins, the quotes, the processes, the reactions of others, the team behind her, the background and the many reasons why she is such a true-blue Australian that she could never be mistaken for any other nationality. Barty: Power and Glory is the result.  ...Show more

Favourite Footy Yarns - Extended and Updated by Ken Piesse

$32.99 AUD

Category: Sport

From laughs and larrikins to bush legends and bad boys.

Go Sailing by Simon Jollands

$26.99 AUD

Category: Sport

The ultimate beginner's guide to sailing: no matter where you are or how old you are, this book shows you how to get afloat and what to do once you're aboard. There are only two things you need to get afloat--enthusiasm, and this book. In this ultimate beginner's guide, yachtsman and writer Simon Joll ands takes the helm to show newcomers of any age that sailing is easier than people sometimes think. He quickly covers how to get afloat before exploring what you can do when you are on board: - Learn how to steer the boat- Understand how sails work, and how to hoist them- Find out how to use an anchor--and how to get free again - Learn how to tie useful knots- Know what to do if there's a man overboard- Discover the curious intricacies of how toilets work on a boat... All the simple stuff is covered too, from what clothes to wear to getting on board safely. With a glossary of boating terms, and clear colour diagrams and photos throughout, this book makes everything easy to understand, so even somebody who has never stepped foot on a boat before can quickly learn the ropes. ...Show more

Splash ! 10 000 Years of Swimming by Howard Means

$29.99 AUD

Category: Sport

A global history of swimming, from humankind's first dip in what is now the driest spot on earth to the 2020 Olympics.

Against All Odds: A Pictorial Record of the Western Bulldogs' History-Making Season 2016 by Media Group Slattery

$39.95 AUD

Category: Sport

A pictorial record of the Western Bulldogs' history-making season 2016. The story of the 2016 AFL season is one for the ages, with the Western Bulldogs breaking a premiership drought that stretched 62 years. Players, coaches and fans alike have endured countless broken dreams since the Dogs last triumph ed in 1954, as they have fallen agonisingly short of an elusive flag many times over. In 2016, as the club formerly known as Footscray garnered unprecedented support and goodwill from across the nation, the long wait for a premiership finally ended. But the remarkable aspect of the Western Bulldogs' 2016 season is that a flag rarely seemed possible at any stage along the way, with injury after injury presenting seemingly insurmountable hurdles to the Dogs' aim for another grab of football's silverware. AGAINST ALL ODDS tells the story, through photographs selected from of official AFL Media, and from the Bulldogs' collection, of the Bulldogs' 'impossible' season, from the hard slog of pre-season training on sweltering summer days, to the moment coach Luke Beveridge and captains Easton Wood and Bob Murphy lifted the premiership cup at last on Grand Final day. Chronicling a tale of heartache, hope and ultimately unbridled joy, AGAINST ALL ODDS captures the defining moments of the Bulldogs' 2016 season - including a finals campaign that saw them as underdogs in every final against more experienced teams week after week, from coast to coast, as they overcame each and every setback to achieve a goal that many, if not most, thought impossible. ...Show more

An Eye on Cricket (PB) by Gideon Haigh

$14.99 AUD

$34.99 (57% off)

Category: Sport

Gideon Haigh has trained an unblinking eye on cricket for nearly thirty years. An Eye on Cricket selects the best of his work since 2013, a period of unprecedented change in the summer game in Australia and overseas, encompassing the recapture and loss of the Ashes, the triumph of the World Cup, the ris e of the Big Bash League, the tragedy of Phillip Hughes, the eclipse of Michael Clarke, and the passing of former greats from Richie Benaud to Max Walker. The result is a vivid, often exciting, regularly amusing and sometimes alarming panorama, incorporating the future of Test cricket in a Twenty20 era, of Australia in an Indianised game, of fun in a professional world, and the scourges of fixing and doping - an essential guide to the greatest game of all. ...Show more

Australian Fish Guide by FRANK PROKOP

$49.99 AUD

Category: Sport

The Australian Fish Guide is an invaluable reference for any angler, freshwater or saltwater, wanting to identify their catch. It contains detailed descriptions and accurate illustrations of each fish, as well as diagrams of the best rigs to catch them. Easy to follow colour coded sections include: fres hwater sport fish, freshwater bait species, shark / ray species, estuary / surf species, reef species, pelagic species, invertebrate species and saltwater bait species. Whatever fish you¿re chasing you¿ll find all the information you need to catch it and identify it in this comprehensive book! ...Show more

Australian Fish ID Guide by Prokop, Frank

$14.99 AUD

$29.99 (50% off)

Category: Sport

This is a fully revised and updated guide with a new bait section and even more Australian fish species detailed. Australian Fishing Network, being the biggest fishing media company in Australia, strives to bring to the marketplace, the biggest and best range of quality fishing information and accessori es. ...Show more