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Rod Sumpter

Credits: Bruce Brown, Rod Sumpter

Encyclopedia of Surfing
  • England
  • Severn Bore
  • Sumpter, Rod
Interviews
  • Rod Sumpter
Features
  • "PERU WORLD CONTEST," BY JOHN SEVERSON (1965)
  • "SUMPTER'S REAL CRIME IS THAT HE ALWAYS WINS," SYDNEY MORNING-HERALD (1968)
  • "THE DUDE WAS EITHER REALLY SLICK OR REALLY GREASY" - CORKY CARROLL REMEMBERS RODNEY SUMPTER
  • "THE WORLD'S MOST UNUSUAL WAVE" - ROD SUMPTER RIDES AND REPORTS ON THE SEVERN BORE, 1968
  • 1969 SURFER POLL READER'S BALLOT
The Sunday Joint
  • SUNDAY JOINT, 1-8-2023: BIG TIME, OR JUST TOO DAMN BIG
  • SUNDAY JOINT, 10-6-2024: “RULE, BRITANNIA! SHALL TO THY HAPPY COAST REPAIR!” – EOS TRIBUTE TO CORNWALL
  • SUNDAY JOINT, 6-13-2021: ROD SUMPTER – SURFING ROYALTY OR ROYAL SCAM?
  • SUNDAY JOINT, 6-20-2021: SURF CITY REDUX, AND AN ENCORE FOR MAD JACK CHURCHILL
Videos
  • "Surfers like girls in their place" (1966)
  • "Taking Off: the Sport of Surfing in Britain" (1982)
  • Bells '63, from "Endless Summer"
  • Porthtowan, Cornwall, 1967
  • Severn Bore, 1967
Contests
  • 1965 Surfing Illustrated Surf Poll
  • 1966 International Surfing Hall of Fame Awards