Few sports can trace their origins back to Captain Cook’s journals — but then again, few sports are surfing. Taschen’s Surfing: 1778–Today traces the sport from that first recorded encounter all the way to the 20-million-strong global phenomenon it is now, spanning photography, fashion, film, art, and music across five chronological chapters and 512 pages. The kind of book that makes you want to learn to surf — or at least move closer to the water.