What are you doing on a Wednesday night?
Hosted by Surfing Heritage & Culture Center and Dana Point Harbor
Wednesday, September 25, 2019 at 5 PM – 9 PM
34571 Golden Lantern St, Dana Point, CA 92629
Five Summer Stories came out just a couple of years (1972) after Pacific Vibrations (1970) and although some of the footage was shot during the same Hawaiian winters you can see advancements being made in rail and rocker designs. While the pin tails are still a little sticky off the top they were riding in the tube just fine. (I think they were thinning out the tails a little more). One of my favorite parts, NO LEASHES! Somewhere in this clip is a guy doing a nice leave-the-board-behind jump and body surfs the rest of the wave. Try that with your ankle rope. You can also see a surf mat about 50 seconds in during the babies, dogs and bikini shots.
The Five Summer Stories used local band HONK do the sound track, which did well commercially and you can still see the band play live.
Rick Griffin did great posters for both.
I first saw the movie in Seal Beach, I must have went to the early show. I came out super stoked, saw some friends in line and went back into the theatre and watched the whole thing again.
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