CALIFORNIA SKATEBOARDING LATE 70'S

I bought myself a book called "Locals Only" with beautiful pictures of Hugh Holland. No, I'am not a skater and I'm not willing to learn it, but what I do like is how Hugh holland shows us how we dressed in the 70's, cool Van's, Adidas & Nike sneakers & look how the girl in the last picture rocks here Clark's Wallabees.

 In 1975, when Hugh Holland first began photographing the skateboarders in southern California, he had already been living in Los Angeles for nine years. His interest in photography had developed in the mid-sixties as a 20-year-old living in his native state of Oklahoma. Except for a college job working in a photo lab, Holland had no formal art education. Driving up Laurel Canyon Boulevard one afternoon, Holland encountered his first skateboarders carving up the drainage ditches along the side of the canyon. Although not a skateboarder himself, he knew he had found his subject.

SURFING IN THE 70'S BY JEFF DIVINE

Growing up in La Jolla, Ca (just above San Diego), Jeff Divine began taking pictures of fellow surfers in his hometown during the 1960's and got to know the original alternative sport before mainstream media blew it into the commercial circus today. His photo focus took him into a staff position in 1971 with surfers magazine. In 1981, he would become the photo editor of the magazine, a position he held for 16 years.

CHAD WOULD GO.......

On a normal Saturday, Chad would go with his International Van from the 70's, to Chad's Place in Bear Lake, Ca. for a few beers with his friends, but not tonight....