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Monday 18 May 2009

Heading to the beach...

Finding a lot of inspiration in early 70's surf/skate culture. A time when there was nothing more important than hitting the beach with your friends and taking full advantage of the hot weather and easy living lifestyle.

Whether it be clothes, graphics or music your into I think a lot can be learned from the DIY aesphetic of this era. 'Streetwear' of today owes a lot to this period and I think now is a good time to pay homage to its roots.

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A photographer who lived and documented surf culture is LeRoy Grannis. His book 'Surf Photography of the 1960s and 1970s' captures surfing breaking into the mainstream in the late 1960's, when surfing was growing in popularity. Places such as California and Hawaii were his stomping ground. Grannis does well to capture all the bright colours in his coloured prints but still his black and white images give us a taste of the atmosphere of that time. From snapping the perfect wave, girls in bikini's to surf competition winners this book has it all.

Some images from the book...

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The book can be purchased HERE.

Some other images from the early surf/skate days...

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12 comments:

Anonymous said...

this is why bntl is the best blog

@greg_bntl said...

Very interesting stuff mate.
great post!

bill gates said...

agree with 1st anon but its down to people like ollie, witts, and matthew that make this blog what it is

Jake said...

BIG POST!

Anonymous said...

make sure your surf board doenst get robbed!

@witts_bntl said...

big post ollie

just_trav said...

to draw inspired by early skate art, obvs I prefer styles of todays skate art and vibe but neon skulls and mad zombies on boards with eyeballs and shit is mad.... good shit :)

Anonymous said...

now bill gates' statement is just wrong it depends on what you come to bntl for. and just shows you been following the blog for about the past 4 months

Nick Lewis said...

you should check out a guy called Bunker Spreckles - a legendary iconic 70s surf playboy. They've made a wicked documentary about him - http://www.bunker77.com/

Tina Turnover said...

EPIC!!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

it isnt nothing to me,
im just stating the obvious.
calm down

Anonymous said...

What discussing surf culture and nobody name drops Fat Willy's?