Showing posts with label surfer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label surfer. Show all posts
Saturday, August 1, 2026

Angie Reno

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Our surfer of the day is Angie Reno.  
Saturday, August 3, 2024

Bruce of LA

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Joe Leitel posed with an antique koa wood surfboard and a corny frayed hat for Bruce of LA.  
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Saturday, July 20, 2024

Surfing Day

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Today I'm presenting a surfing themed series that combines R-rated and G-Rated photos with a sprinkling of poster art.  We start with a ...
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Gilgo Beach

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In the first of three surfing posters in today's series we see a promo for a contest at Gilgo Beach, Long Island.  Who knew they had big...
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Leroy Grannis

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A pioneer of surfing photography, Leroy Grannis (1917-2011) wasn't too bad on a board himself. An example of his action surfing work is ...
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Steven Landen

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Steven Landen appeared in the May, 1977 issue of Playgirl.  
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Duke Kahanamoku

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Although he came to the world's attention as an Olympic swimmer, earning a gold medal in 1912, Duke Kahanamoku is best known for popular...
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Snapshot

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This snapshot of four naked surfers isn't the best quality, but here it is.  
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Manhattan Beach

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I've always wondered why they named a beach in LA County "Manhattan." Turns out the developer was a homesick New Yorker.  

Buzzy Trent

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  Surfing legend Buzzy Trent (1929-2006) is shown above in 1955.  A native of California, he moved to Hawaii at 23 to take on the huge waves...
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Angie Reno

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  Our second Playgirl surfer of the day is Angie Reno, who appeared in 1974.  We can just barely see his board in the right hand panel, but ...
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John Payne

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Actor John Payne posed with his koa wood surfboard in one of those late 1940s men's swimsuits inspired by Dorothy Lamour's sarong.  
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No text

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Our third and final surfing poster has no text, making me think it was either cropped or used as a generic blank for multiple uses.  The sui...
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Sneakers

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Those sneakers screamed "80s!" when I saw them, and sure enough, a search found several similar in a 1986 catalog.  His hair style...
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Dude

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Something tells me this guy liked being called "Dude."  

Golden Oldie

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 Our final surfing photo is literally a "golden oldie" featuring five golden retrievers and a nicely built surf bum showing us his...
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Tuesday, May 7, 2024

Classic Surfboard

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I don't think George O'Brien made a surfing movie, so these two photos may be an examples of the "stars at leisure" genre ...
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Sunday, March 17, 2024

Day of the Derriere - Surf Bums

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It's time for a Day of the Derriere, and our men are surfers showing us their bums. Does that make them surf bums?  
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Shapely

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This fellow has a delightful shape.  
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Crowd I

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This is a nice crowd scene, but the water looks too sloppy for surfing.  
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