Bob Cooper reads "Surf Guide" magazine at Topanga Beach
Title
Bob Cooper reads "Surf Guide" magazine at Topanga Beach
Description
Bob Cooper (1937-2020) and a friend read together by arundo at Topanga Beach.
Cooper reads an article about himself, "Prophet on a Wave," in the April 1964 issue of "Surf Guide" magazine, in which author Kemp Aaberg celebrates his "Mount Everest beard, radical sandals, spectacular shirts and tunic of a thousand colors." The Bob Cooper Blue Machine signature model, produced in 1967 and early 1968 by Morey-Pope Surfboards, was the only board of the era to feature an asymmetrical fin setup. Cooper never became a professional surfer because he was Mormon and wouldn't compete when the contests were held on Sundays. He appeared in the surf movies "Slippery When Wet" (1958), "Surfing Hollow Days" (1961) , "Strictly Hot" (1964), and "The Californians" (1964).
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"Riding on the long lines of Malibu gave so much time that walking the board and trimming in the front third of the board became the new manoeuvre; so did stalling the board so the curl could catch up. One surfer who was exceptionally good at this style was Bob Cooper."
-- From "The History of Surfing" by Nat Young (1983)
Cooper reads an article about himself, "Prophet on a Wave," in the April 1964 issue of "Surf Guide" magazine, in which author Kemp Aaberg celebrates his "Mount Everest beard, radical sandals, spectacular shirts and tunic of a thousand colors." The Bob Cooper Blue Machine signature model, produced in 1967 and early 1968 by Morey-Pope Surfboards, was the only board of the era to feature an asymmetrical fin setup. Cooper never became a professional surfer because he was Mormon and wouldn't compete when the contests were held on Sundays. He appeared in the surf movies "Slippery When Wet" (1958), "Surfing Hollow Days" (1961) , "Strictly Hot" (1964), and "The Californians" (1964).
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"Riding on the long lines of Malibu gave so much time that walking the board and trimming in the front third of the board became the new manoeuvre; so did stalling the board so the curl could catch up. One surfer who was exceptionally good at this style was Bob Cooper."
-- From "The History of Surfing" by Nat Young (1983)
Date
1964
Source
Digital only
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Creator
Bill Cleary
Publisher
"Surf Guide" magazine (1964) / "The History of Surfing" by Nat Young (Gibbs Smith, 1983)