COLD WATER SURFER: The Early Days is the next book from Sandy Blackman on the history of Oregon Surfing. The idea of surfing perfectly captured the zeitgeist of 1960s America. Wanting to surf, males began to migrate to beaches. Challenges of cold water, lack of experience, transportation issues, no role models, non-existent to poor equipment did not deter them.
In the mid 60s surfers began forming surf clubs, organizing and competing in local surf contests within three regions: Seaside, Agate Beach, and Coos Bay. The Blackmans cover some of the 60s & 70s influences: Portland surf shops, the migration of surfers from Portland, Willamette Valley, California, Washington, and the social fabric of the era as told by surfers in their own words and entertaining stories. Now in their sixties, seventies, and eighties, their memories and abilities may have dimmed but not their passion for surfing.
Dedicated to Scott Blackman and all pioneer surfers.
Product Info
COLD WATER SURFER: The Early Days is the next book from Sandy Blackman on the history of Oregon Surfing. The idea of surfing perfectly captured the zeitgeist of 1960s America. Wanting to surf, males began to migrate to beaches. Challenges of cold water, lack of experience, transportation issues, no role models, non-existent to poor equipment did not deter them.
In the mid 60s surfers began forming surf clubs, organizing and competing in local surf contests within three regions: Seaside, Agate Beach, and Coos Bay. The Blackmans cover some of the 60s & 70s influences: Portland surf shops, the migration of surfers from Portland, Willamette Valley, California, Washington, and the social fabric of the era as told by surfers in their own words and entertaining stories. Now in their sixties, seventies, and eighties, their memories and abilities may have dimmed but not their passion for surfing.
Dedicated to Scott Blackman and all pioneer surfers.
Product Details
- Type: Paperback Book
- Size: 5 ½" x 8 ⅜"
- Pages: 325
- Author: Sandy Blackman
- Photographer: Scott Blackman
- Published: November 2022
- ISBN #: 978-1-945587-84-9
Additional Info
The Blackmans are the historians of Oregon's pioneer surfing. They previously published two books on Oregon surfing. As part of the surfing tribe, Sandy continues their work even though Scott passed in 2018.
About Cover Images
The front cover with boards and unknown surfers was captured at South Beach Jetty, February, 1977. The back cover is Stevie Skriver, South Beach, October, 1978.
From the Author
"This book could not have been written without my business partner, creative muse, and husband, Scott Blackman. Like many cold-water pioneer surfers, he persevered and taught himself how to surf in the early 60s. Fortunately he was an artist with many interests and talents who had the foresight and desire to become a photographer. He pursued all his passions until the last three weeks of his life. His interests laid the foundation which enabled us to network with surfers from his early surfing days in the 60s to the present. Like most surfers he studied the tides, observed the winds, waves, and weather patterns, eventually photographing the waves and anyone who was surfing. We networked, photographed, recorded, videotaped, and collected surfing stories and images together. Surfers shared their still images and videos, surfing articles, memorabilia, their personal stories in the hopes of saving Oregon’s surfing history. We shared with them laughter, intimate moments, and great friendships in this journey together. I am indebted to all surfers, family members and loved ones who shared their beloved memories about surfers, past and present. I am proud and grateful to be supported and part of the surfing tribe. There are too many to thank by name in this paragraph. I have quoted everyone who has donated their stories and they have honored many others in them. All have contributed. Last of all a book is only as good as the people who you rely on for technical and writing help. I’d like to thank Debie Howe who takes care of my computer needs, Skip Trantow for website and technical support, my editor and the surfers who have been proofreaders: Greg Gosser, Mike Ehlen, ‘Ohana Baley, Tom McNamara, Steve Price, Wayne Schrunk and Colin Jenkins. Special thanks to surfer, published writer Paul Keller who has helped me to become a better writer." — Sandy Blackman
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