I remember my first trip to Hawaii back in the mid 70's. I was just a kid but had a chance to see Larry & Buttons surf & I never saw anyone surf like that before. Both were amazing! These two were doing all the moves we see now on the world tour back in the 70's & on larger heavier boards! Then around 1977 I had a chance to meet both of them in southern California @ a surfing event & they were Friendly very humble guys & treated my Friends & I very nice. That's a very big deal for a kid!
Also saw him surf in Hawaii in the early 70's. He was the first 'pro' level surfer I'd seen and he was so much better than anyone else in the water it was amazing. Then back in CA I saw David Nuuhiwa live and was amazed again. Then saw Mike Purpus surf Malibu and it looked like he had a motor on the back of his board.
Yes, I was on Oahu (town) in 78 when I was a kid. Larry, Buttons and Mark Liddell just blew our mainland minds! We respected them and stayed out of their way. *every visiting surfer knows what I mean, haha.
I grew up across the street from Swamis in Encinitas Ca. Surfed the beach break next to it a lot too. I was at the beach almost every day growing up. Pipes was the name of the break. It was a tiny day to small to surf so we were just hanging out smoking weed and being locals. That day the water was pretty cold and Bertelsmann showed up with Cheer Critchlow who was a local legend riding for Eddie Wright owner of Sunset surfboards (thank you Eddie for shaping the best board I ever owned). Can’t recall the year but mid seventies for sure and these guys showed up (Bertlemann sans a wetsuit) and just ripped. Was a game changer for me. Good times and good memories. RIP Mike Doyle.
So good to see that and hear the guy talk. Such and innovator in his day. The way he used to get down low and exploit the whole centre of gravity phenomenon. I used to get him and Reno Abellira mixed up. Thought they were both great but I'm realizing it was all the pics in the surf mags of Larry Bertlemann that impressed me. It was that bottom turn magnificent, just a thing of beauty he had perfected. Thanks for the clip great to hear him speak.
Wow! I learned to surf in Hatteras, NC back in the 70's as a kid. Growing up in the 60's and 70's was just awesome and a much freer time. Surfer Magazine had pull-out posters of so many greats that I used to hang on my bedroom walls. One of my favorites was Gerry Lopez. Larry Bertlman was terrific.
Thank you for sharing this , I watched The Cosmic Children 100s of times growing up , and was lucky to have the pleasure of meeting Hal Jepsen in Oceanside as a grom...
Shoots!! Larry was the BEST. My friend Frenchy (Claudette LaMontagne) and he came by my place one day in Orlando as he was touring back in '84. He was on the cover of Surfer or Surfing. We looked at my surf mag collection for the afternoon and he signed the cover of my mag. Where is he now?
Do any of you guys know who did this or what version it is? I also thought it sounded like Clapton. Please get back if you know, been searching for this for a while.
No leggies, this was a time when finishing the wave was almost as important as taking off if you wanted to avoid swimming in after your board. Style & smoothness mattered as much as being radical. Skate parks were still a thought bubble back then and were mostly industrial complexes and drainage systems. Blown away by the progression of surfing in regards to what is happening in big waves and slabs as well as the aerial hi-jinx. This was the stuff of dreams and where are now is due the incremental advances of individual surfers pushing the boundaries. I remember watching this clip at the local surf movie cinema and hooting along with the rest of the now much aged grommies.
I wonder how crazy these guys would rip if they had our modern boards of today back then. Our would they loose there style and flow with a modern board of toady. Bertlemann was one of my favorites when I started surfing back in 1976
@4:01 This cat has got a really early version of a GoPro strapped to his helmet and that really cool period correct peace symbol hand with the American flag on it. I used to have a patch like that I'm one of my old t-shirts that got stolen from me at Woodstock 94 along with a couple of other items.
1976 Larry berltman made go for it with my delmar dad Paul rapp and my pal hal jepsen and ray Allen Dennis dragon and Craig howley canyonlocalfilmscom save hana sushi
Love Super Session. I actually telephoned the late Hal Jepson back in the late '90s, had a nice chat. I sent him a check for around $20 and he sent me a VHS copy of Super Session. BTW this isn't Bertleman circa 1970, but more likely around 1975-76.
Switch stance pipe. Guy was the master of the squatting bottum turn. Just don't make em like this anymore. God bless Larry . Famous now for the bert slide on a skateboard. Kids in Ohio know what a bertleman is. This guy has spread his talent all over the world
Larry was always smiling. Such raw, natural talent. Switchfoot at Pipe? No big ting! Not sure who captioned the clip, but this movie came out in 1975. Footage is likely from 1974 at the oldest. Not 1970.
Yup. A Great and ahead of his time. Back then, the big bucks weren't around as much with sponsors and contests. He'd be sitting pretty by then. Never mind- always an unrecognized guy in every field, but people still know.
- In the 70's, we were all doing the "bert"" (slide) on the ramps! :)
- So cool to see Bertlemann himself doing a "bert"
I remember my first trip to Hawaii back in the mid 70's. I was just a kid but had a chance to see Larry & Buttons surf & I never saw anyone surf like that before. Both were amazing! These two were doing all the moves we see now on the world tour back in the 70's & on larger heavier boards! Then around 1977 I had a chance to meet both of them in southern California @ a surfing event & they were Friendly very humble guys & treated my Friends & I very nice. That's a very big deal for a kid!
Also saw him surf in Hawaii in the early 70's. He was the first 'pro' level surfer I'd seen and he was so much better than anyone else in the water it was amazing. Then back in CA I saw David Nuuhiwa live and was amazed again. Then saw Mike Purpus surf Malibu and it looked like he had a motor on the back of his board.
Yes, I was on Oahu (town) in 78 when I was a kid. Larry, Buttons and Mark Liddell just blew our mainland minds! We respected them and stayed out of their way. *every visiting surfer knows what I mean, haha.
Did them bros get lots of girls like the surf movies show?
Anyone know what song/version this is?
The song is Waiting for the Bus by ZZ Top but it’s not them playing.
Surfing ahead of his time.
Just imagine if they just had modern surfboards? They would shred it all the way...
I grew up across the street from Swamis in Encinitas Ca. Surfed the beach break next to it a lot too. I was at the beach almost every day growing up. Pipes was the name of the break. It was a tiny day to small to surf so we were just hanging out smoking weed and being locals. That day the water was pretty cold and Bertelsmann showed up with Cheer Critchlow who was a local legend riding for Eddie Wright owner of Sunset surfboards (thank you Eddie for shaping the best board I ever owned). Can’t recall the year but mid seventies for sure and these guys showed up (Bertlemann sans a wetsuit) and just ripped. Was a game changer for me. Good times and good memories. RIP Mike Doyle.
Origin of the frontside slash on a skateboard! Hitting the lip!
Frick brah, just realized he went Switch at PIPE!??!
Surely one of the most bad ass waves ever caught!!
Yea brah mean!! Lol and stylish too
Buttons used to go switch real good
Heavy! And this fin? At 70's?
And the surfstyle? Visionary surfer
No leash brother, old school.
A man who shaped the style of surfing and skateboarding in the 70's
Bert has always been one of my all-time favorite surfers.
So good to see that and hear the guy talk. Such and innovator in his day. The way he used to get down low and exploit the whole centre of gravity phenomenon. I used to get him and Reno Abellira mixed up. Thought they were both great but I'm realizing it was all the pics in the surf mags of Larry Bertlemann that impressed me. It was that bottom turn magnificent, just a thing of beauty he had perfected. Thanks for the clip great to hear him speak.
So many skaters emulated him, back in the 80s.. so smooth, everything linked. I saw this vid years ago, cool to see again.
dat go pro doe
legend, respect to this man
One of my favorite 70s surf clip, Bertlemann rocks!!
Do you know what song/version this is?
@Easy E
The song is Waiting for the Bus by ZZ Top
@@razorsharpe3371 do you what version or from what concert because it’s not the studio album version. Being to figure this out for a while.
Wow! I learned to surf in Hatteras, NC back in the 70's as a kid. Growing up in the 60's and 70's was just awesome and a much freer time. Surfer Magazine had pull-out posters of so many greats that I used to hang on my bedroom walls. One of my favorites was Gerry Lopez. Larry Bertlman was terrific.
LB catching a rail and then going body-surfing is so cool. What a great attitude.
amazing he can surf like that on a thick ass single fin
One of the best!!! Aloha Larry ❤️❤️
Legend
he makes stand up barrels switch.....and i gotta say he seems like such a stoked person.
I was thinking the same thing, a genuine stoked smile caught on camera.
Thank you for sharing this , I watched The Cosmic Children 100s of times growing up , and was lucky to have the pleasure of meeting Hal Jepsen in Oceanside as a grom...
Shoots!! Larry was the BEST. My friend Frenchy (Claudette LaMontagne) and he came by my place one day in Orlando as he was touring back in '84. He was on the cover of Surfer or Surfing. We looked at my surf mag collection for the afternoon and he signed the cover of my mag. Where is he now?
the King of Style.
so rad x
Sweet!
Larry the man
Salute!!!
What""!! Getting barrelled that deep - SWITCH????
LEGEND!!!
Come for the surf, stay for the kickin' ZZ Top cover.
I was rocking out to that too. Also sounds like a bit of a musical 'Strange Brew'.
Do any of you guys know who did this or what version it is? I also thought it sounded like Clapton. Please get back if you know, been searching for this for a while.
Styleeeeeee
If Larry was 20 years old in 2023 he would be #1
Thank you Hal and Larry "The Great".
First time I noticed Larry surfing frontside on waves going left or right. That helmet he’s wearing is Tony Alva’s.
Hey that's so cool, I'll check it out again
Yeah man.
1970’s go pro haha nice
GSAP (gunsight aim point camera.) military. 16mm. 100 foot loads.
He can shred concrete too! Damn. Beautiful style.
amazing
Came here after Jack Dorsey tweeted this link on Twitter 🙌
Style for days.
Wow, Larry was wearing on his head the first GoPro camera.
That skate move he does at end is called a Bertlemann.
Larry you stoned boy.
So cool.!!!
Mr. Rubber-man! Few like him ever.
King...
No leggies, this was a time when finishing the wave was almost as important as taking off if you wanted to avoid swimming in after your board. Style & smoothness mattered as much as being radical. Skate parks were still a thought bubble back then and were mostly industrial complexes and drainage systems. Blown away by the progression of surfing in regards to what is happening in big waves and slabs as well as the aerial hi-jinx. This was the stuff of dreams and where are now is due the incremental advances of individual surfers pushing the boundaries. I remember watching this clip at the local surf movie cinema and hooting along with the rest of the now much aged grommies.
Board is so narrow. Crazy days backnthen
Lords of Dogtown brought me here =)
CHICKEN SALAD The orginal Z Boy
How boring for you that that’s how you found Da Rubber Man
Dat style doe.
Damn dude I want that old school skateboard he was riding
I wonder how crazy these guys would rip if they had our modern boards of today back then. Our would they loose there style and flow with a modern board of toady. Bertlemann was one of my favorites when I started surfing back in 1976
🙏
surfing switch stance 30 yrs before anyone else
That GoPro
So thats why they all liked him
Jack sent me here.
This guy surfs like it's the year 2020
Hi
🤙🏼
MY CUZZIN' IS A RIPPAH!
Which model gopro was he using when he was skating Ulus?
1975 Paul rapp my dad from usc and del mat made go for it with my pal hal jepsen and Larry bertelman
@4:01 This cat has got a really early version of a GoPro strapped to his helmet and that really cool period correct peace symbol hand with the American flag on it. I used to have a patch like that I'm one of my old t-shirts that got stolen from me at Woodstock 94 along with a couple of other items.
Does anyone know what version of the song this is?
Who’s this song
Imagine Larry then with a quad or thruster....big hair
Song?
haha ..rubber man out there with buttons and mark
Hawaiian. Thanks for this
जैक रिकमेंडेशन
Gawaar
Didn't they call him the "Rubbermaid?"
yeah!
first go pro
Imagine these guys in the prime of their lives with todays boards..????
dude probably had the smallest board at the time... still huge... compared to a 5x5 fish
Brosive form stoked??
namond from the wire
Maybe just me but he looked more stylish going switch
Anyone here cause Jack Dorsey??
The first ten years of my forty plus years surfing were on these sort of boards. Man they were shit.
lol :)
Jack share this... Lol
No leg ropes.
Watch. 22adaynoway
#TWT
Skating in bare feet tho ☠
1976 Larry berltman made go for it with my delmar dad Paul rapp and my pal hal jepsen and ray Allen Dennis dragon and Craig howley canyonlocalfilmscom save hana sushi
circa 1970 ? Nah !
Ayy 666th like
Monkey Style is da besses
I love his style. Way ahead of his time. Still better than most of today’s surfers.
Anyone know the name of the tune in the video?
+Ben Newton sounds like the riff from zz top. have mercy, been waiting on the bus all day.
Cheers Thomas. I'll check it out.
Love Super Session. I actually telephoned the late Hal Jepson back in the late '90s, had a nice chat. I sent him a check for around $20 and he sent me a VHS copy of Super Session.
BTW this isn't Bertleman circa 1970, but more likely around 1975-76.
Do you know what song this is?
Switch stance pipe. Guy was the master of the squatting bottum turn. Just don't make em like this anymore. God bless Larry . Famous now for the bert slide on a skateboard. Kids in Ohio know what a bertleman is. This guy has spread his talent all over the world
His idea of "small" is a really good day here in SD for us. Fuck, Hawaii is just another planet for surfing
What a great tribute to one of the greatest Hawaiian surfers!
One of the most legendary to ever wax on a board. A game changer.
Anyone here after Jack's recommendations?
Larry was always smiling. Such raw, natural talent. Switchfoot at Pipe? No big ting!
Not sure who captioned the clip, but this movie came out in 1975. Footage is likely from 1974 at the oldest. Not 1970.
Use to see him at Kaisers occasionally in early 70’s when I surfed there. He was one of my favorites...just shredded the place.
Yup. A Great and ahead of his time. Back then, the big bucks weren't around as much with sponsors and contests.
He'd be sitting pretty by then. Never mind- always an unrecognized guy in every field, but people still know.