This is classic! As a SoCal kid that started surfing the day after the 1964 Alaskan earthquake and went through the evolution of surfing, and at 72 still get out in the water on my Paul Gross 4th Gear Flyer surf Matt ( lost my ability to balance upright due to peripheral neuropathy) I love these classic surf films. Thanks . Muchly appreciated. 💪😎
As a Navy Pilot stationed at NAS Barbers point and a California experienced surfer I lived right on on Makaha Beach for three years starting in 1962 in one of four beach shacks in a grove of palm trees at the north end. My neighbors in the close in shacks were dear friends Buzzy Trent and Dorian Paskowitz. Going surfing with these two as well as two more dear friends Buffalo down the beach in his lifeguard shack and TV actor Jim Arness from Gunsmoke at a beautiful beach home (also right on the beach) was a real treat. Jim was a really good surfer and rode a giant board. Lobster hunting with Buzzy off the reef behind our shacks was a little dangerous due to the Moray Eels in the crevices. I think there is an error in the narration. Midget Farrelly and Nat young on their first visit to Hawaii were my houseguests during the tournament Farrelly won on the smallest waves ever - none more than two feet and those on the reef behind my shack. i have the photo. Both were 18 years old then. In the narration Farrelly was identified in the 1957 tournament won by Paskowitz. Midget would have been 12 years old in 1957. That fellow in the video with blond hair had to be someone else. All of these mentioned have been life long dear friends as well as many others in this video. Now, a multi story Condo sits atop the site of our beach shacks. it was a good run though.
He was in a Stacy Peralta documentary called Riding Giants. It showed their era and i kinda started to feel drawn to surfing, just having fun watching the sport.. that was about 10yrs ago. Rewatched it a while ago and finally aged 49.. due to their story.. i took on surfing. The waves are doing their thing for me ! So awesome you knew him !!! He really had stories to tell and lived such an amazing life from what i've seen.
This is classic! As a SoCal kid that started surfing the day after the 1964 Alaskan earthquake and went through the evolution of surfing, and at 72 still get out in the water on my Paul Gross 4th Gear Flyer surf Matt ( lost my ability to balance upright due to peripheral neuropathy) I love these classic surf films. Thanks . Muchly appreciated. 💪😎
Wonderful stuff what durable specimens these guys were with excellent endurance, swim, lifeguard, and paddle skills I wasn’t aware of
What a class act…RIP both Greg Noll and Bruce Brown.
You will truly be missed
Historically and unequivocally epic -- Thank you!
LOVE it! Surf culture owes so much to these guys.
As a Navy Pilot stationed at NAS Barbers point and a California experienced surfer I lived right on on Makaha Beach for three years starting in 1962 in one of four beach shacks in a grove of palm trees at the north end. My neighbors in the close in shacks were dear friends Buzzy Trent and Dorian Paskowitz. Going surfing with these two as well as two more dear friends Buffalo down the beach in his lifeguard shack and TV actor Jim Arness from Gunsmoke at a beautiful beach home (also right on the beach) was a real treat. Jim was a really good surfer and rode a giant board. Lobster hunting with Buzzy off the reef behind our shacks was a little dangerous due to the Moray Eels in the crevices. I think there is an error in the narration. Midget Farrelly and Nat young on their first visit to Hawaii were my houseguests during the tournament Farrelly won on the smallest waves ever - none more than two feet and those on the reef behind my shack. i have the photo. Both were 18 years old then. In the narration Farrelly was identified in the 1957 tournament won by Paskowitz. Midget would have been 12 years old in 1957. That fellow in the video with blond hair had to be someone else. All of these mentioned have been life long dear friends as well as many others in this video. Now, a multi story Condo sits atop the site of our beach shacks. it was a good run though.
I knew Greg, and went to school with his son, Jed. Absolute LEGEND
He was in a Stacy Peralta documentary called Riding Giants. It showed their era and i kinda started to feel drawn to surfing, just having fun watching the sport.. that was about 10yrs ago.
Rewatched it a while ago and finally aged 49.. due to their story.. i took on surfing. The waves are doing their thing for me ! So awesome you knew him !!!
He really had stories to tell and lived such an amazing life from what i've seen.
Doesn't get any better! Legends
The iconic image is and will always be the only perfect surf photo
This one's great !
I’ve had a poster of this movie in my room for 30 years! So iconic!