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surfing
Lost L.A.
Selling the Stoke: Surfing Toward the “The Endless Summer”
Post date:“The Endless Summer” grew from a simple idea into a cultural product, a lifestyle available to anyone with the means for a ticket. Filmmaker Bruce Brown set out to sell a documentary film about surfing and, in doing so, he inadvertently sold a dream.
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surfing
Lost L.A.
Lost LA Field Notes: Surf’s Up!
Post date:Before we made this episode, I didn’t realize how far surfing’s influence extended, even to my own childhood. Conversations with surf culture historians Dick Metz and Peter Westwick, and a visit to Muscle Beach, helped to tell the story.
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surfing
Lost L.A.
How Southern California’s Aerospace Industry Helped Revolutionize Surfing
Post date:The aerospace industry and surfboarding have a historic connection through technology, and have worked together to popularize the California Dream across the globe.
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pacific rim
Lost L.A.
George Freeth: King of the Surfers and California's Forgotten Hero
Post date:The native Hawaiian moved to California in 1907. He forever changed California and its image to the world.
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Visual Arts
Artbound
The Beach and Its Multifaceted Stories
Post date:"Sea Sick in Paradise" is an art exhibition that explores surfing and the ocean in an idyllic form, as a site for inclusion and as a place that needs to be protected from environmental harm.
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surfing
Earth Focus
The Complicated History of Colonialism in Surfing
Post date:Founded on a history of indigenous erasure, critical surf studies unravel the conventional narratives of surf culture in Hawaii, California, and beyond.
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Visual Arts
Artbound
Art and the Making of a More Diverse Beach Culture
Post date:Often times people are not fully represented in public spaces, this includes the beach. An art exhibit addresses questions of inclusion as it relates to beach access and surfing.
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Visual Arts
Artbound
Sea Sick in Paradise: An Art Show That Connects Surfers and Artists
Post date:“Sea Sick in Paradise” is an exhibition of 46 creators, some better known as artists, others as surfers, but all with an appreciation for the ocean.
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skateboarding
Lost L.A.
"Skateboard Sense": Riding the Pavement in Style (Or Not) in 1976
Post date:Does this 1976 video make you nostalgic for the days of shredding in your elbow pads and tube socks?
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Visual Arts
Artbound
John Van Hamersveld and the Poster Revolution
Post date:John Van Hamersveld's iconic album covers and posters have secured his place in design history.
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Photography
Artbound
The Searchers: Two Orange County Dudes Who Pioneered the Surf Road Trip
Post date:Kevin Naughton and Craig Peterson photographed their Central American surf adventures in the 1970s, inspiring others to head South to ride the waves.
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![Sandow Birk, "American Qur'an: Sura 1 (version 1)," 2009. Ink and gouache on paper. 16 x 24 inches. Courtesy of the artist and Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco.](https://www.kcet.org/sites/kl/files/styles/kl_image_medium/public/atoms/article_atoms/www.kcet.org/arts/artbound/images/Sandow_Birk_American_Qur%2527an_1.jpg?itok=dPdE_xig "Sandow Birk, "American Qur'an: Sura 1 (version 1)," 2009. Ink and gouache on paper. 16 x 24 inches. Courtesy of the artist and Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco.")
Visual Arts
Artbound
Sandow Birk: Re-contextualizing the California Experience
Post date:Talk to artist Sandow Birk and you'll find out that his devotion to surfing has not only compelled him to roam the world looking for the perfect wave. His extensive travels provide a foundation for his socially infused artwork.
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![Joseph Mallord William Turner (British, 1775 - 1851), "Peace -- Burial at Sea," exhibited 1842. Oil on canvas, 34 1/4 x 34 1/8 in. Courtesy of Tate: Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856. Photo © Tate, London 2014.](https://www.kcet.org/sites/kl/files/styles/kl_image_medium/public/atoms/article_atoms/www.kcet.org/arts/artbound/images/1_Joseph_Mallord_William_Turner_Peace_Burial_at_Sea.jpg?itok=8je1t9Y- "Joseph Mallord William Turner (British, 1775 - 1851), "Peace -- Burial at Sea," exhibited 1842. Oil on canvas, 34 1/4 x 34 1/8 in. Courtesy of Tate: Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856. Photo © Tate, London 2014.")
Visual Arts
Artbound
Surfing for Awesome: The Spirit of J.M.W. Turner In California
Post date:English Romanticist painter William Turner didn't surf, but he did make hundreds of visual art works from the shore that resonate with Southern California artists.
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Huntington Beach
Travel
The Wide World of Small Museums: The International Surfing Museum
Post date:See one of the oldest surf boards and Dick Dale's first guitar at this museum.
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KCET Press Releases
Press Room
KCET's Award-Winning Weekly Series 'SOCAL CONNECTED' Explores the Little-Known Connection Between Southern California Water Needs and a Group of Killer Whales
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surfing
SoCal Wanderer
Surf's Up: Great Surf Spots in Southern California
Post date:There's a reason why surf culture developed in Southern California: the waves. Here are the essential beaches to catch them.
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surfing
Travel
Surfing SoCal For The First Time
Post date:These weren't the epic, gnarly waves of surfer lore, but I didn't need those waves.
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surfing
SoCal Focus
While Surfing, Learning to Be a Better Person
Post date:I realize I'm a little past the window for New Year's resolutions, but now I know you won't judge me. You might even thank me when you've finished reading.
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Long Beach
SoCal Focus
The Remaking of Long Beach: How a Breakwater is Like a River
Post date:Remaking the Los Angeles landscape balances risks and benefits.
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!["A White-Knuckle Ride for Lucky St. Christopher", "Snuff Fink" and "Cowboys and Amoebas" by Robert Williams](https://www.kcet.org/sites/kl/files/styles/kl_image_medium/public/atoms/article_atoms/www.kcet.org/arts/artbound/Robert%2520Williams%2520painting%252C%2520A%2520White-Knuckle%2520Ride%2520for%2520Lucky%2520St.%2520Christopher%2520%252C%2520Snuff%2520Fink%2520and%2520Cowboys%2520and%2520Amoebas.jpg?itok=tHTroSLf ""A White-Knuckle Ride for Lucky St. Christopher", "Snuff Fink" and "Cowboys and Amoebas" by Robert Williams")
Multi-disciplinary
Artbound
Kustom Kulture in SoCal: Twenty Years of Fun
Post date:A 20th anniversary tribute to Laguna Art Museum's 1993 "Kustom Kulture" exhibition, "Kustom Kulture II" celebrates artists who have impacted lowbrow art movements.