Fascinating that the Belgian guy from the Sandells launched Birkenstocks in the US, and then continued to reinvent himself. A major league adapter and entrepreneur.
I was 8 years old when the film "Endless Summer" came out. My mother would go to a beauty parlor in Macy's department store in Roosevelt Field, Long Island and take me with her. While she sat for her hair treatment, I would wander the store (it was the 60s!) and somehow stumbled into a department that was giving a private screening of this film. Why, I can't recall. Being a New York kid, I had never actually seen, or probably heard of, surfing before this film. I wasn't exactly sure of what I was watching. It's documentary style of filmmaking was new to me, however after seeing that film whenever a Gidget film came on TV . I felt very knowledgeable about the culture! Long live Gidget, Moondoggie and Kahuna!
Nice piece! I am working on a Johnny Hodges piece also; will try to avoid yours until mine is posted. It will be interesting to see how differently we cover this fascinating artist.
Fascinating that the Belgian guy from the Sandells launched Birkenstocks in the US, and then continued to reinvent himself. A major league adapter and entrepreneur.
I was 8 years old when the film "Endless Summer" came out. My mother would go to a beauty parlor in Macy's department store in Roosevelt Field, Long Island and take me with her. While she sat for her hair treatment, I would wander the store (it was the 60s!) and somehow stumbled into a department that was giving a private screening of this film. Why, I can't recall. Being a New York kid, I had never actually seen, or probably heard of, surfing before this film. I wasn't exactly sure of what I was watching. It's documentary style of filmmaking was new to me, however after seeing that film whenever a Gidget film came on TV . I felt very knowledgeable about the culture! Long live Gidget, Moondoggie and Kahuna!
That's right. Cliff Robertson as the Big Kahuna. Robertson went to play in one of my favorite movies from that earn Charly.
Nice piece! I am working on a Johnny Hodges piece also; will try to avoid yours until mine is posted. It will be interesting to see how differently we cover this fascinating artist.
Nice. I'm looking forward to reading yours too.
I’m sure even both of us together won’t tell the whole story. Such a unique musician.