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Most of these are about Pacific Ocean Park.
Movie: Night Tide at NWR (Santa Monica Pier)
Photos: Remembering Pacific Ocean Park
Movie segement: Pacific Ocean Park scene from Herman’s Hermits 1966 comedy movie “Hold On!”
TV segment: Lost Los Angeles “The Invaders” Pacific Ocean Park 1968 Classic Television
10 photos from L.A.’s long-gone Pacific Ocean Park, a day out by the sea you’ll never enjoy
Music video: Nancy Sinatra Who Will Buy
Vintage documentary: Part 1 – Santa Monica and Pacific Ocean Park (1959)
Ronnie Jay and Friends – P.O.P. Pier mid 1970s
related:
Here’s a trailer for the upcoming documentary Dana Brown made about his father Bruce:
Apparently there has been tidal bore river surfing in China a thousand years ago.
Nik Zanella has spent years deciphering ancient Chinese poems and texts to piece together a past-time that thrived in the Far East’s Song Dynasty, from 960 to 1279. Early surfers would ride the country’s Qiantang river as part of a ritual to help appease the God of the Tide (or, the Dragon King) – and for the entertainment of the Emperor.
The Guardian has an article about photographer Philippe Chancel documenting French street gangs of the early 80s.
Rockabilly Rebels: The Stylish French Gangs
Here’s a set of photos he took. One features Slim Jim Phantom of The Stray Cats, in about 1981. Another one is showing Brian Setzer.
Also this.
Here’s a video about the Pittsburgh Doo Wop scene which produced The Del Vikings, who 24 years later inspired the name of a Paris rockabilly street gang.
