1950s Surfers
1950s Surfers
Color footage of surfers, c. 1950s: very big blue waves, very big baggy shorts, very big surfboards. Some slow motion where indicated. 3 surfers riding big blue waves. MS surfer rides the wave towards camera, passing other surfers still paddling out. Nice big sprays behind him, has a good long ride before he crashes into water. MS surfer riding down big blue waves towards camera. Big wave with spray kind of dies out and he slows down, sinks. Another surfer rides the big blue wave, a little wobbly - flapping arms and shaky legs - kind of funny. But he rides it out and as he comes down to shore a nice big white water spray follows. Slow-motion side view overexposed of surfer riding huge wave. Huge spray creeps up to him as he surfs out of frame - great. Slow-motion MS surfer getting up on big blue wave. Crazy ty-d-bowl -blue water and white foamy water sprays. Nice. Slow-motion MS three surfers - two paddling out, one about to ride wave. Cam follow the one as he gets up on the board and rides big blue wave. Very nice action as wave builds. White water spray. Overexposed. Slow-motion MCU of surfer getting up on his board. Cam follows as he weaves up and down the wave. Another surfer - same - wave dies out and he stands on calm water and then sinks - cam follows over to another surfer mounting the wave. Pans over to another guy who just wiped out. Cuts to MS of two surfers riding the same wave - they appear in sync but then cam pans over to surfers bobbing around in the water. Cuts to MS surfer riding wave. Rides towards and then away from camera. Slow motion MS surfer on crest of wave heads down into another wave - water fills the frame and the surfer disappears. Cam continues to pan with the motion of the wave. Water splashes, sprays everywhere - churning water, wind blows spray. Good, dramatic, churning water, power of nature stuff. MS surfer boy on red surfboard gets up on big blue wave, loses his balance and jumps off. Cam follows the surfboard as the wave carries it forward and it flips it up into the air.