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Bob Purvey rides the Ugly, from "Follow Me"

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History of Surfing

Can You Handle the Penetrator?

Features

NOSERIDES AND PAYCHECKS: THE 1966 US PRO SURFING CHAMPIONSHIPS

The Sunday Joint

SUNDAY JOINT, 1-31-2021: MICK DOOLEY, BOB “THE UGLY” PURVEY, ORIGINAL GRUMPY SURFER SAM REID
SUNDAY JOINT, 2-6-2022: OUR MOST SUPREME PLEASURE
SUNDAY JOINT, 2-7-2021: SURF MOVIE HOAXES WE HAVE LOVED
SUNDAY JOINT, 7-3-2022: THE UGLY, THE GRUMPY, AND THE DOOLEY

Videos

"Follow Me" Opening sequence
Nazare '68, from "Follow Me"
Surfing in India, 1968

Contests

1966 United States Professional Surfing Championships
1967 Santa Cruz Pro-Am
United States Professional Surfing Championships

Surfboards

UGLY