Chapter: 5
Barefoot Revolution
- Revolution is not a Dinner Party
- The Tao of George
- Getting Slippery with Bob McTavish
- Bismarck with a Tan
- Plastic Machine
- Enlightenment at Honolua Bay
- Panic on the Showroom Floor
- Style Takes a Dive
- Everybody Must Get Stoned
- Surfer Goes Electrical Bananas
- No Contest
- There Will be Slaps
- Kook Straps, Cadillacs, and Sex Wax
- Blame it on the Boogie
- Country Soul
- Higher and Brighter with Alby Falzon
- Fresh Blood on the Newsstand
- Long Road to Bells Beach
- Speed Freaks
- Gods of Thunder
- The Impossible Wave
- Into the Vortex
- Gerry Lopez, Pipeline Firewalker
- The Rubberman Cometh
The Rubberman Cometh
Larry Bertlemann. Photo: Lance Trout
Larry Bertlemann. Photo: Lou Perez
Larry Bertlemann. Photo: Dan Merkel
Larry Bertlemann. Photo: Drew Kampion
Larry Bertlemann. Photo: Larry Moore
Larry Bertlemann rolled into 1974 like the wave-riding spawn of Julius Irving and Sly Stone, with a huge afro, mirrored shades, and a closet full of two-piece satin-finish tracksuits
Apart from their surfing, Jeff Hakman and Barry Kanaiaupuni, like most surfers from Hawaii, were low-key and unassuming. Both rode plain white or single-color boards. Neither had an eye for fashion. Duly taking their turn under the surf media spotlight, they came off as friendly and earnest and middle-of-the-road. This was standard operated procedure for the Hawaiians: play it cool, and let your s...
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