I decided to post the large version of these picture because they are so iconic for me in my own personal surfing history. I am not a long boarder but I can't imagine any surfer not liking these movies. I remember seeing these posters in my friend's beach house in San Clemente when I was around 6 years old, his dad was a surfer, and we would always want to watch these movies. I fell in love with the movies and in-turn, I fell in love with surfing. I can't think of many things are better than catching a wave. Now many years have passed and surfing movies have progressed as well as the sport but my argument here is; that doesn't mean that surfing has to lose it's soul. Just like most everything else out there that we have used to define ourselves artistically and express ourselves, surfing has also become something that makes money and is a marketing tool. As you may know by now, my goal with the BeatLife philosophy is to take us back to when things were more pure and innocent. It seems to me now that there is a price attached to everything and that is stripping our culture away from it's soul and originality. It is pretty evident to me that this has a indirect effect on the economy and the perception the world has about America. When we were creating art like this, the rest of the world marveled and did everything they could to duplicate. Imitation is the greatest form of flattery and our culture was spreading like wild fire up until about 10 years ago. It has now hit a stagnant point with the lack of creativity and we are suffering as a nation. Technology is great but it is also killing the motivation to be creative the way we used to be. Like I have always said, this is just my opinion and I am trying to use this medium to spread my philosophy to maybe one person who could really make a difference. It's movies like these that have soul that really stand the test of time. Watch & Enjoy!
Big Wednesday (1978)
The Endless Summer (1966)
