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SURFING USA COFFEE TABLE BY BEN MARCUS

THE UPS DRIVER stopped yesterday, dropped off a special
surprise, Ben Marcus' hot off the press Surfing USA. Surfing USA,
208 pages deep, documents Ancient Haw'n Surf Folklore, Music,
Films, and all things in between. I met Marcus 20 years ago a Surfer
Mag ,his personality and knowledge of Surfing was astonishing, it was
no surprise when I read the book (which weighs a ton) from top to
bottom. Jeff Devine, Leroy Grannis, John Severson, Greg Noll, Doc Ball,
Rick Griffen, Wingnut, Dick Dale, Cololumbia Pictures, Screen Gems,
Allied Artists, Matson Lines. team up to give us a super overview
of what really happened as "The Coolest Sport of All Time" is laid out for us
in vivid color and crisp black and white. SOSC BOD is going to schitt
a brique when they see how unchanged "Nofre is from 1963, actually
you could drive there today and not notice any change. Tomorrow,
were going to examine the characters from Dale Velzy to da'Bull, and
Waikiki to Rincon, It's a great project, I'm going to spend today, not
going to 'Onofre, but rereading SURFING USA for tomorrow's BLOG.

Written by Bruce Savage.