Bud Browne

Bud Browne

Bud "Barracuda" Browne, (July 12 1912 – July 25 2008) was an early pioneer surf film maker. He was the first filmmaker to show surf movies commercially. His films are "Hawaiian Surfing Movie" (1953), "Hawaiian Holiday" (1954), "Hawaiian Surf Movie" (1955), "Trek to Makaha" (1956), "The Big Surf" (1957), "Surf Down Under" (1958), "Cat on a Hot Foam Board" (1959), "Surf Happy" (1960), "Spinning Boards" (1961), "Cavalcade of Surf" (1962), "Gun Ho!" (1963), "Locked In!" (1964), "You'll Dance in Tahiti" (1967) and "Going Surfin'" (1973).

Browne was captain of the swim team at the University of Southern California in 1933. He learned to surf during that time at Venice, California. He began filming surfing in the 1940s while visiting Hawaii. [cite news |first=Corky |last=Carroll |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Filmmaker Browne won surfers' respect |url=http://www.ocregister.com/articles/bud-surf-films-2003955-surfing-surfers |work=Orange County Register |publisher= |date=March 22, 2008 |accessdate=2008-03-26 ]

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External links

* [http://www.legendarysurfers.com/surf/legends/ls26.shtml Bud Browne on legendarysurfers.com]
* [http://www.surfline.com/surfaz/surfaz.cfm?id=769 Bud Browne on surfline.com]
* [http://www.surfhistory.com/v3/profiles/browne.html Bud Browne on surfhistory.com]
* [http://surfclassics.com/browne.htm Movie posters on surfclassics.com]
* [http://www.clubofthewaves.com/culture_imagery.php#browne Bud Browne on clubofthewaves.com]


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