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Article: Endless Summer (1964): Consuming Waves and Surfing the Frontier
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- Film & History
- Article date:
- January 1, 2005
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CopyrightCopyright Historians Film Committee 2005. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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"The Endless Summer defined our sport. For the first time the rest of the world would have a clear look at the surfing lifestyle." Matt Warshaw, Surfer's Journal History of Surfing Films
"Brown cobbled together $50,000 and set out with two California surfers, Mike Hynson and Robert August, to produce a true documentary on real surfers. Not beach bums or playboys who sang to their girlfriends, surfers were athletes who enjoyed the adventure of scanning the globe in search of the perfect wave." "The Sick Six: Six of the Most Important Surf Movies Ever Made, from the Fifties to Now"
The early 1960s was a time in which youth was shamelessly exploited by the mass media. Surfing was identified as ...