The Exotic Blog of Kahuna Kawentzmann

I recently dubbed my old track Surfin’ Maumau to the visuals of a silent homemovie taken in 1964. It looks like a family outing to the beach with very small waves and everybody surfing to the best of their abilities on period longboards. Lowkey, but I think it’s beautiful.

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I know what it’s like being a surfer living next to a body of water you are not supposed to enter for your health’s sake.

Here’s a picture of relevant ocean currents. Eventually it will be everywhere, but first it enters the north atlantic and the northsea.



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This is a “Mondo”-style movie, today this genre would be called “docutainment”. The subject is life in Hollywood during the second half of the 60s. With this southern California theme we get lots of surf-music along with some surfing and skating. I find the whole thing quite entertaining, and think it projects a vision of a town in transformation, when some people had other plans than becoming a movie-star or starlet.

If I’m remembering correctly the guitars are played by Davie Allan.

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Update

The Leak appears to be plugged, 7/15/2010, here’s hoping the cap will hold the pressure.

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more posts you might care for:

• Surfrider Europe & WCT surfers sealed the deal – December 9, 09
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• TOXIC – Garbage Island – April 17, 08