Surfer Stomp
Artless but irresistible foot-stomping dance step created in 1960, most likely at Dick Dale's early "surf stomp" shows at the Rendezvous Ballroom in Newport Beach. The Surfer Stomp was a coast-to-coast hit in America in the early '60s, and later jumped to Australia and New Zealand. "The Stomp was never a dance," Aussie surf writer Pete Bowes later wrote. "It was a wrecking ball, a demolition, a st...
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Stomping at Hermosa Beach, 1965Subscribe to view
The Stomp - 1963 Australian NewsreelSubscribe to view
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Surfer's Stomp LP coverSubscribe to view
Dennis Wilson of the Beach BoysSubscribe to view
Stomping at Huntington Pier, 1961. Photo: Ron ChurchSubscribe to view
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Stomping at Hermosa Beach, 1965
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The Stomp - 1963 Australian Newsreel
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Dick Dale
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Surfer's Stomp LP cover
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Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys
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Stomping at Huntington Pier, 1961. Photo: Ron Church