The Surfer's Journal Volume 5, Great Waves, California: Featuring Malibu, Huntington Beach, Mavericks (VHS)
ClassificationsMovies & Film
Credit LineOpper Sports Productions
Object numberMAF.214
DescriptionMalibu, Huntington Beach, MavericksSurfing was born in Hawaii, but raised in California. This is where it was glamorized, industrialized, packaged, marketed and sold. Hollywood put surfing on the big screen. Capitol Records helped make it the soundtrack for teenage baby-boomers. The surf media was invented here. California, in other words, corrupted the sport--even as it helped it develop and evolve. Throughout the 1960s, hundreds of thousands of surfers fanned out across the state coastline, riding waves and having a great time. Meanwhile, the California style was being reproduced in Australia, Japan, Peru, England South Africa and beyond--and in many ways California is still the sport's trendsetter.
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Morey-Pope
c. 1940