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Era 03 of 04

BOOM

Surfing explodes into pop culture

The timeline · 2 periods
  1. 1956

    Australia opens

    California shapers arrive at the Melbourne Olympics; the export of modern surfing begins in earnest.

  2. 1966

    Endless Summer

    Bruce Brown's film globalizes the search for the perfect wave and modern surf travel begins.