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Reserved and meticulous filmmaker from Ventura, California; producer of 

 (1990). Delaney was born (1946) in Santa Barbara, began surfing in 1962, and started shooting surf photos three years later. In 1965, Delaney and Bill Hubina showed boardmaker-inventor Tom Morey a gritty, paint-on form of surfboard traction they invented called Slipcheck. The three marketed it as an aerosol spray for several years.

Delaney attended the Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara in 1969, served in the army, freelanced photos to 

 was his first film, and the most memorable footage showed a red-hot new generation of surfers, including future world champions Shaun Tomson, Wayne Bartholomew, and Mark Richards, riding the North Shore during the wave-rich season of 1975–76. The impact of Delaney's movie was such that "Free Ride winter" and "Free Ride generation" are still in use.

Delaney's $70,000 film wasn't a milestone in creativity, but it was nonetheless a testimony to his skill as a cameraman, editor, and sound scorer. 

 "a finely cut and polished diamond," and 

 said it "conveyed the essence of the surfing experience." Updated versions of 

 followed in 1978 and 1983, each a critical and box-office success.

, a promo short for Gotcha surfwear, and the following year he began shooting his Gotcha-funded 

, a more ambitious but less-focused effort than 

, combining new footage with vintage clips from the '50s, '60s, and '70s.

, a revised edition, was released in 1991. The surf video had by that time replaced the surf movie as the sport's primary cinematic form, and Delaney, satisfied with his two-and-a-half film oeuvre, returned to the car industry.

, a 1997 cable TV series produced by Opper Films. 

, with 30 minutes of new footage shot by Delaney, was released to DVD and briefly toured a small number of theaters in 2008.

Delaney, Bill

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