“The Endless Summer” was released in 1966, and remains one of the most popular films ever made about surfing. Recently, “The Birth of the Endless Summer,” a documentary about the making of the ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This is a $1.50 ticket for the movie ...

[Editor’s note: This essay first appeared in the “Chapters of Our Lives” issue of PREMIUM Magazine, which featured personal storytelling.] South Orange County, 1966 “They’re showing that surf film,” ...

After selling his car, his TV, and all other worldly possessions, in 1958 Dick Metz set out to see the world. Originally from Laguna Beach, he hopped trains and hitchhiked from Southern California ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. These two gray plastic film canisters ...

As the Saturday morning haze burned off into clear skies, surfing’s elite began to gather in droves along La Jolla’s reefs, to remember Mike Hynson, one of modern surfing’s true originals, who died on ...