At a time when surfing is more popular than ever, it\u2019s fitting to look back at the years that brought the sport into the mainstream. Developed by Hawaiian Islanders over five centuries ago, surfing began to peak on the mainland in the 1950s\u2014becoming not just a sport, but a way of life, admired and exported across the globe. One of the key image-makers from that period is LeRoy Grannis, a surfer since 1931, who began photographing the longboard era of the early 1960s in both California and Hawaii.<\/p>\n
This edition brings back Grannis\u2019s hair-raising, sold-out Collector\u2019s Edition, curated from the photographer\u2019s personal archives, to showcase his most vibrant work in a compact and affordable format\u2014from the bliss of catching the perfect wave at San Onofre to dramatic wipeouts at Oahu\u2019s famed North Shore.<\/p>\n
An innovator in the field, Grannis suction-cupped a waterproof box to his board, enabling him to change film in the water and stay closer to the action than any other photographer of the time. He also covered the emerging surf lifestyle, from \u201csurfer stomps\u201d and hordes of fans at surf contests to board-laden woody station wagons along the Pacific Coast Highway. It is in these iconic images that a sport still in its adolescence embodied the free-spirited nature of an era\u2014a time before shortboards and celebrity endorsements, when surfing was at its bronzed best.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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