Expression Session
Surfing showcase event without judges, scores, winners, or losers, held in 1970, 1971, and 1973, primarily on the North Shore of Oahu, featuring a select group of the world's best surfers. The Expression Session was presented as a soulful "anticontest" alternative to the standard surf meet. In his 1970 "Death of all Contests" article for Surfer magazine, Drew Kampion proposed a "new system" in wh...
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Expression Session 1971Subscribe to view
1970 Expression Session; Young, Bobby Cloutier, Chapman, Kanaiaupuni. Photo: KampionSubscribe to view
1971 Expression Session. Photo: Jeff DivineSubscribe to view
Eddie Aikau, framegrab from Hal Jepsen's Expression Session II movieSubscribe to view
Gerry Lopez, Expression Session II. Photo: Jeff DivineSubscribe to view
(L to R) Steve Pezman, Eddie Aikau, Tiger EspereSubscribe to view
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Expression Session 1971
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1970 Expression Session; Young, Bobby Cloutier, Chapman, Kanaiaupuni. Photo: Kampion
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1971 Expression Session. Photo: Jeff Divine
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Eddie Aikau, framegrab from Hal Jepsen's Expression Session II movie
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Gerry Lopez, Expression Session II. Photo: Jeff Divine
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(L to R) Steve Pezman, Eddie Aikau, Tiger Espere