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SURFING FOR LIFE About the Film
SURFING FOR LIFE: Inspirational Film on Older Surfers
Presented by KQED to public television stations nationwide
Available April 14, 2001 via American Public Television (APT).
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SURFING FOR LIFE -- Critical Acclaim
Acclaim from Critics Throughout the U.S.
"This inspirational movie is also a fascinating glimpse at the history of surfing, with archival footage that provides a rare look back, especially in Calif...
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SURFING FOR LIFE -- The Surfers
The older surfers in
SURFING FOR LIFE include
John H. "Doc" Ball, at age 94, was the oldest living American surfer when he passed away in December of 2001. Throughout his final years, he continued to ...
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SURFING FOR LIFE -- History of Surfing
FROM POLYNESIA, WITH LOVE
By Ben Marcus
On Captain James Cook's third expedition to the Pacific, his ships, HMS
Discovery and
Resolution, made the first recorded European visit to Hawai'i in 1778, ...
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SURFING FOR LIFE -- History of Surfing
FROM POLYNESIA, WITH LOVE
By Ben Marcus
Gidget and the Era of Modern Surfing
In the 1930s, '40s and '50s, there were adventurous men and women-- like Ball, Kekai, Kelly, Cole, Van Dyke, Fletcher and...
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SURFING FOR LIFE -- History of Surfing
FROM POLYNESIA, WITH LOVE
By Ben Marcus
The 1900s: London, Ford, Freeth, Duke
By the turn of the 20th Century, surfing had all but disappeared in the Hawaiian Islands. Most of the surfing took place a...