posted by: Berlin Surfguitar
post categories: General
Summer is coming, so lets learn how to identify a rip current.
Google’s Sky News Australia team-up will make it a climate misinformation powerhouse
The 5 mass extinction events that shaped the history of Earth — and the 6th that’s happening now
As the Wind: The Enchanted Life of Eden Ahbez
Why the world’s most fertile fishing ground is facing a ‘unique and dire’ threat
Guitarist of The Sandals, the band that composed and recorded most of the music for The Endless Summer (Bruce Brown), Gaston Georis passed away on February 17 in Carmel, California.
The Human Error Darwin Inspired
American Bandstand – November 11, 1967 – Full Episode
I’m Living Through the Apocalyptic Vibes on the U.S. West Coast
Maker’s Marks: How a Mysterious Phone Call Led To the Discovery of Ray Butts’ Pickup-tester Guitar
Shark Patrol 1964 Music also used in The Endless Summer
How a lost surfboard floated from Hawaii to the Philippines
So we lost John Severson and Bruce Brown in the same year …
link to Vimeo
I watched his films many times – maybe because I couldn’t be in the water nearly as much as I would have appreciated. His iconic The Endless Summer was my first exposure to both Brown’s work as well as to mid century surf films as a genre.
My Surfing Videos Playlist at YouTube.
Chopper & Ramp
World Slalom Championships in Hood River
Mystery blob devouring Alaska coastline
Legendary Surfers: Mike Hynson
First of all: it rained, so the two Surf shows and The Endless Summer projection took place indoors. The attendence was fair sized, could have been a little better, if outside sure some passer-bys would have joined the fun.
The first time I saw the Surfaris, and it was overwhelming. They cover the entire field of classic California Surf Music and each player added his personal style to great effect, especially Paul Johnson has to be noted here, a flawless player.
Check out this precious handbag:
First they build a golf course and houses to ruin the dunes and now this. What is the world coming to? Is it only surfers realizing what’s happening? Probably.
All beaches in the world belong to you – the people!!!
Quoting Pacific Longboarder:
Surfers Saying No to 4000 Mw Nuclear Reactor Near J-Bay
Monday, 7 July 2008
The proposed nuclear power station at Thuyspunt, just 12km from Cape St Francis, a wave made famous in the iconic 1960’s surf movie, the Endless Summer poses a real threat to Supertubes, one of the most famous surfing waves in the world and home to the Billabong Pro, one of 12 events on the Association of Surf Professionals (ASP) world tour.…
read more at Pacific Longboarder News / Reviews / Events
see Cape St. Francis – before “developement“ (private property) – at YouTube