The Endless Summer

Ok, so it's been a little while, and I use that term is the loosest way possible, since I put anything up on my blog, so once again it's time. I thought a great way to get back into it is with something that really made me smile. So back in 1966, my Uncle Terry had the privilege of being part of an event that any surfer of my era that has any respect for the history of the sport of surfing wishes they could have been witness too, that is of course the original screenings of The Endless Summer. If I remember correctly, my Uncle saw the movie at one of the South Bay High School's auditorium. Bruce was there narrating in person with the whole gang. Pretty damn incredible if you ask me. I have always felt that I was born in the wrong decade and in fact should have been born during the glory days of surfing, this just proves it. So a few years back my Uncle gave me the original program that was given out to all that attended. It is a 8-1/2" x 11" magazine with the background of the movie and of Robert, Mike, and Bruce with some really cool adds from the likes of O'Neill and Clark Foam. When I got it I just about fell over, I put the booklet into a frame and hung it on the wall, where it has lived. The last couple years that I have attended the Sacred Craft show i have missed the opportunity to have Robert or Mike sign it. Well this last Sacred Craft in Ventura was finally my opportunity. Robert was in attendance at the show and was gracious enough to take the time to sign it and talk a bit about the movie. It was truly a highlight for me, i couldn't stop smiling. Robert's son was there taking pictures of the program and Robert told me that he has only one of the programs, it was a copy that his Mom put away in a trunk when the movie came out. For me it was very cool and a highlight of the year.