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stroketreatment — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 11:41:11 -0000

I love Hawaii Five O, it's like a prelude to Bay Watch.

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suntree000 — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 22:39:52 -0000

When it comes to pop music... nothing beats Michael Jackson..
right?

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davidboardside — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 11:41:56 -0000

Silver Surfer rule! He's my favorite comic hero, he's very strong and powerful. It's good to see he's in your 10 Greatest Surf Contributions to Pop Culture.

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surfboards — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 02:58:33 -0000

Hey Lani, thanks for sharing this link here, I appreciate it!

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John Bosma — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 14:22:57 -0000

Yes, you forgot, Surfin'Bird (1964) by the Trashman. Also featured in the motion picture Full Metal Jacket from mr. 2001, Stanley Kubrick.

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Lani — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 20:41:46 -0000

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The KAHUNA SURFCATS!! Check out the video at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMAux04_cVs

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Lani — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 20:39:45 -0000

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The KAHUNA SURFCATS!! Check out the video !!

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Chuck Tryon — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 10:47:42 -0000

For better or for worse, Point Break elevated the guys' movie to new levels. Of course, Apocalypse Now is infinitely better, but TBS might not exist without Braves baseball and Patrick Swayze and Keanu Reeves giving each other longing glances across sand and surf.

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Slappy — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 20:08:50 -0000

I submit Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow by The Rivingtons and the very similar Surfin' Bird by The Trashmen. (I believe the same guy was behind both songs.)

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Viscount LaCarte — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 20:13:55 -0000

They didnÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t start the surf music craze but they immortalized it. You could almost argue that Brian Wilson, more than Frankie, Annette or Gidget, helped popularize the idea of summer in pop culture.

Absolutely. Don Henley may have written "Hotel California," but Brian Wilson was the lead architect of the project. It was his dream that led people like John Philips to visit. As a kid, I'd hear "I Get Around" or "California Girls" on the radio, and I just knew what he was going on about.

Excellent post.

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Dan Leo — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 16:37:04 -0000

I first encountered surf culture when I worked a summer outdoor contracting job in the early 70s in Cape May NJ. My co-workers were all South Jersey Shore surfer dudes. I was from a rowhouse in Philadelphia. I thought: Wait, you surf on Jersey waves? Well, they managed to, somehow. Stoned all day long, including of course on the job. They seemed somehow exotic and glamorous to me, never more so than when a hurricane approached one day, and while everyone else was battening the hatches they all hit the beach to at last get some really bitchin' waves.

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The Shamus — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 10:55:47 -0000

I like Wipe-Out. But better than Miserilou? No way.

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Kevin Wolf — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 10:40:55 -0000

Good catch, Tom! I didn't think of anything.

I read Nunn's Tapping the Source ages ago and enjoyed it. I can barely remember it now, but was not surprised when his name turned up on the new HBO show.

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Tom Watson — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 10:34:34 -0000

The Ventures!
Pipeline and Wipe Out, to be specific.