“The Endless Summer” was released in 1966, and remains one of the most popular films ever made about surfing. Recently, “The Birth of the Endless Summer,” a documentary about the making of the ...

[Editor’s note: This essay first appeared in the “Chapters of Our Lives” issue of PREMIUM Magazine, which featured personal storytelling.] South Orange County, 1966 “They’re showing that surf film,” ...

It was a worldly journey during a time when such a feat seemed impossible to many. Dick Metz, who grew up on the sand in Laguna Beach and was an early-era surfer long before the masses showed up to ...