California Surfing and Climbing in the Fifties

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The tale told by The pictures in California Surfing and Hiking within the Fifties takes place against the bigger backdrop of postwar The us: Truman and Eisenhower, the Korean War, the Cold War and the Red Scare. Young people were embracing new symbols of non-conformity: Elvis Presley, Jack Kerouac, Marlon Brando and James Dean. All along the California coast, surfing changed into popular as heavy balsawood boards were replaced with lightweight ones crafted from polyurethane foam, fiberglass and resin. Meanwhile, climbers descended on Tahquitz Rock within the south and Yosemite Valley to the north to check handcrafted equipment that would set new standards for safety, technique and performance. The pictures on this volume include images of legendary surfers such as Joe Quigg, Tom Zahn, Dale Velzy and Renny Yater, in locations such as Rincon, Malibu, South Bay, Laguna and San Onofre; and famous climbers such as Warren Harding, Royal Robbins and Wayne Merry among others, photographed most commonly within the Yosemite Valley by the likes of Bob Swift, Alan Steck, Jerry Gallwas and Frank Hoover. Soaked in surf, sun and adrenaline, The pictures in California Surfing and Hiking within the Fifties depict the birth of an era and an exhilarating moment in Californian history.

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