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Starring: Duke Kahanamoku, Hoppy Swarts, Jim Bailey,Tule Clark, Marie Ann Hawkins, Martha Chapin Locations: California, Hawaii Music: . |
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Watermen Series - Volume 1 - 2000 Telly Award Winner ! Doc Ball Surfing's Legendary Lensman covers Doc's relationship with the Father of Surfing, Duke Kahanamoku. Doc explains in detail the evolution of the surfboard and also all of the great inventions by Tom Blake which include the Skeg, Hawaiian Hollow Board, Lifepreserver and the Windsurfer. Doc Ball shot more photographic exposures of surfing during the pre-war period than anyone. This earned Doc the status of being the first surf photographer. This film also covers Doc's book California Surfriders. He explains what it was like to be one of the first surfers on the mainland. Get an inside look at the original Palos Verdes Surfing Club. Producer/Director Carl Ackerman has been working on this project for a number of years and the film includes a breathtaking sequence of Doc skateboarding down a a steep hill at 92 years old. This program will be enjoyed by anyone who surfs. |