Phillips, Walt
Multifaceted surf media impresario from Los Angeles, California. Phillips was born (1938) in LA County, the son of a policeman, and first surfed in 1952, at Huntington Beach, during his freshman year at Whittier High. After graduation, he spent three years in the Marines and was stationed on Oahu. He then made his first surf movie, 1959's Sunset Surf Craze. The following year, while still living i...
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Walt Phillips, 1965Subscribe to view
Walt Phillips, Santa Cruz, 1965Subscribe to view
Detail from 1960 "Surf Mania" handbillSubscribe to view
Philips and Joyce Hoffman on Wide World of SportsSubscribe to view
Walt Phillips onstage with the Challengers, around 1962Subscribe to view
Walt Phillips, below, and Tiger Espere, Waimea Bay, mid 1960sSubscribe to view
Walt Phillips, 1965
Walt Phillips, Santa Cruz, 1965
Detail from 1960 "Surf Mania" handbill
Philips and Joyce Hoffman on Wide World of Sports
Walt Phillips onstage with the Challengers, around 1962
Walt Phillips, below, and Tiger Espere, Waimea Bay, mid 1960s