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Buzzy Trent

Credits: Greg Noll, Larry Lindberg, Walt Phillips

Encyclopedia of Surfing

big-wave surfing
Trent, Buzzy

History of Surfing

Buzzy Trent, King of Beasts
Point Surf '58
Rocket to Makaha
Surfing's Beat Generation
The Viking King of Mead Hall

Interviews

Buzzy Trent

Features

BUD BROWNE PRESENTS BUZZY TRENT!
BUZZY TRENT ON GIRLS SURFING: "IT'S CERTAINLY BETTER THAN DRINKING IN TAVERNS OR WALKING THE STREET" (1963)
BUZZY TRENT: "I RESPECT YOUNGER SURFERS, ADMIRE OLDER ONES, AND AVOID KOOKS" (1963)
BUZZY TRENT: "THE GREEN LIGHT WAS FLASHING. I STEPPED OUT"

The Sunday Joint

SUNDAY JOINT, 2-12-2022: OUR SUNSET YEARS
SUNDAY JOINT, 3-11-2018: GEORGE DOWNING, MERV LARSON, TRACKS MAG
SUNDAY JOINT, 6-11-2023: AGING AND RAGING—A SALUTE TO FEARLESS OLD SURFERS

Videos

1958 Makaha International Surfing Championships
1965 Duke Invitational, Sunset Beach
Buzzy Trent, filmed by Bud Browne

Contests

1957 Makaha International Surfing Championships
1965 Surfing Illustrated Surf Poll
1966 International Surfing Hall of Fame Awards
1967 International Surfing Hall of Fame Awards