Delaney, Bill
Reserved and meticulous filmmaker from Ventura, California; producer of Free Ride (1977) and Surfers: The Movie (1990). Delaney was born (1946) in Santa Barbara, began surfing in 1962, and started shooting surf photos three years later. In 1965, Delaney and Bill Hubina showed boardmaker-inventor Tom Morey a gritty, paint-on form of surfboard traction they invented called Slipcheck. The three marke...
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Wayne Bartholomew in "Free Ride" (1977)Subscribe to view
Bill Delaney interview, 1995Subscribe to view
Surfers: the Movie, 1990Subscribe to view
Tom Morey, Santa Barbara, around 1966. Photo: Bill DelaneySubscribe to view
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Bill Delaney. Photo: Art BrewerSubscribe to view
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Wayne Bartholomew in "Free Ride" (1977)
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Bill Delaney interview, 1995
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Surfers: the Movie, 1990
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Tom Morey, Santa Barbara, around 1966. Photo: Bill Delaney
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Bill Delaney
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Bill Delaney. Photo: Art Brewer