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Mike Purpus

Hermosa Beach, 1970

I always dreamed bigger than my friends.

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I always dreamed bigger than my friends.

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Encyclopedia of Surfing
  • cutback
  • Fantastic Plastic Machine, The
  • Harrison, Dru
  • nudity and surfing
  • Purpus, Mike
History of Surfing
  • There Will be Slaps
Interviews
  • Dru Harrison
  • J Riddle
Features
  • "OREGON: LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT," by MIKE PURPUS (1972)
  • "THE VIBE TRIBE," by MIKE PURPUS (1972)
  • HANG TIME WITH MIKE PURPUS AND ANGIE RENO: THE 1974 PLAYGIRL CAPER
  • MIKE PURPUS TOOK A PIE IN THE FACE FOR OUR SINS
The Sunday Joint
  • SUNDAY JOINT, 10-9-2022: THE SCIENCE AND SWING OF HANGING TEN
  • SUNDAY JOINT, 11-8-2020: MIKE PURPUS, ANGIE RENO, PLAYGIRL CAPERS
  • SUNDAY JOINT, 3-31-2024: SURFING’S BRUSH WITH GREATNESS
  • SUNDAY JOINT, 5-15-2022: THE SEASIDE STOMP
  • SUNDAY JOINT, 6-18-2023: THE SEASIDE STOMP
Videos
  • 1966 Made-For-TV Makaha Event
  • 1967: First Look at the Short Surfboard
  • American Surfers in "Fantastic Plastic Machine"
  • Backside Off-the-Lip: a Timeline
  • Mike Purpus
Contests
  • 1968 Carlsbad AAAA
  • 1968 Ocean Beach AAAA
  • 1969 Malibu AAAA (2)
  • 1969 Santa Cruz AAAA
  • 1971 Huntington Beach AAAA