drugs and surfing
Surfing allied itself with the mid-1960s-launched youth movement, more so than any other sport or recreation, so it's not surprising that drug use quickly became a popular and often celebrated part of surf culture. Cartoonist Rick Griffin embroidered a 1967 two-page Surfer magazine illustration with marijuana leaves; surf movies of the late 1960s often featured processing effects that allowed the ...
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Scene from "Pacific Vibrations," 1970Subscribe to view
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Scene from "Pacific Vibrations," 1970

Andy Irons, 2008. Photo: Brian Bielmann

Rick Rasmussen, 1974. Photo: Vince Troniec

Jock Sutherland, 1969. Photo: Art Brewer

David Nuuhiwa and Brotherhood of Eternal Love founder Johnny Gale, 1971. Photo: Jeff Divine

Joel Tudor, 2003. Photo: Thomas Campbell