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The Rip Curl Story: 50 years of perfect surf, international business, wild characters and the search for the ultimate ride by Tim Baker

The Rip Curl Story: 50 years of perfect surf, international business, wild characters and the search for the ultimate ride: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Rip Curl Story: 50 years of perfect surf, international business, wild characters and the search for the ultimate ride runs 13.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jesse Lawrence (about 8.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

13.3listening hrs
Worldstore shelf
2019released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 13.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Rip Curl Story: 50 years of perfect surf, international business, wild characters and the search for the ultimate ride at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day27 days
1 hour / day14 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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What our data says

  • At 13.3 hours, it runs longer than 76% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.

Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

The Rip Curl Story: 50 years of perfect surf, international business, wild characters and the search for the ultimate ride is an audiobook by Tim Baker: a 13.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Jesse Lawrence, released April 2, 2019, on the World and Non-Fiction shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
13.3 hrs
Narrated by
Jesse Lawrence
Released
April 2, 2019
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
World, Non-Fiction, Books with Buzz
ISBN
9781760891206

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Rip Curl Story: 50 years of perfect surf, international business, wild characters and the search for the ultimate ride as an audiobook?

The Rip Curl Story: 50 years of perfect surf, international business, wild characters and the search for the ultimate ride runs 13.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.9 hours.

Is The Rip Curl Story: 50 years of perfect surf, international business, wild characters and the search for the ultimate ride free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Rip Curl Story: 50 years of perfect surf, international business, wild characters and the search for the ultimate ride?

The Rip Curl Story: 50 years of perfect surf, international business, wild characters and the search for the ultimate ride is narrated by Jesse Lawrence.

Is The Rip Curl Story: 50 years of perfect surf, international business, wild characters and the search for the ultimate ride worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.9 hours, saving 4.4 hours.