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'', the magazine was founded in 1985 by Peter Morrison In 2016 it was purchased by Morrison Media publisher and General Manager Craig Sims (former owner of Atoll Media, publisher of Zigza ...

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

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'', '' GQ'', ''

Inside Sport ''Inside Sport'' is an Australian sport magazine published by nextmedia. It began publication in 1991. ''Inside Sport'' largely comprises articles by freelance journalists, covering a wide array of sports. It focuses on sporting content, spor ...

'', the ''

Sydney Morning Herald ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' (''SMH'') is a daily compact newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and owned by Nine. Founded in 1831 as the ''Sydney Herald'', the ''Herald'' is the oldest continuously published newspaper i ...

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

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'', the ''

Australian Financial Review ''The Australian Financial Review'' (abbreviated to the ''AFR'') is an Australian business-focused, compact daily newspaper covering the current business and economic affairs of Australia and the world. The newspaper is based in Sydney, New Sou ...

'', '' 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 suitabl ...

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 a designer, manufacturer, and retailer of surfing sportswear (also known as ''boardwear'') and accompanying products, and a major athletic sponsor. Rip Curl has become one of the largest surfing companies in Australia, Europe, Sou ...

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

Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...

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

, and

Margaret River The Margaret River is a river in southwest Western Australia. In a small catchment, it is the eponym of the town and tourist region of Margaret River. The river arises from a catchment of just 40 square kilometres in the Whicher Range. The ...

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 2,920 people. Geography The suburb extends from Currumbin Creek in the north to Wyberba Street in the south. The Paci ...

, 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)