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Bodysurfing in the 1960s

Credits: Bruce Brown, Greg MacGillivray, Jim Freeman, John Severson

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Cunningham, Mark
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Wedge, The

Interviews

Mark Cunningham

Features

"HOW TO BODYSURF," by MARK CUNNINGHAM (2005)
"KAKU: MARK CUNNINGHAM PROFILE," by BRUCE JENKINS (1994)
"THE ART OF WAVE RIDING," BY RON DRUMMOND (1931)
"THE CLOSEST THING TO BEING BORN," WEDGE BODYSURFING ARTICLE BY CURRY KIRKPATRICK (1971)
BODYSURFING: THE GREAT EQUALIZER

The Sunday Joint

SUNDAY JOINT, 1-2-2022: CANDY CALHOUN, THE WEDGE, AND “THE CLOSEST THING TO BEING BORN”
SUNDAY JOINT, 8-8-2021: “FIND WHAT YOU LOVE AND LET IT KILL YOU”—WITH LAUGHTER!

Videos

"Waves to Freedom," starring Mark Cunningham
Bodysurfing 2012
Coolite, Bondi Beach
Point Panic, 1980
Sandy Beach in "Slippery When Wet" (1958)