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"Free Ride" footage, shot by Dan Merkel

Credits: Bill Delaney, Victoria Delaney, Dan Merkel

Encyclopedia of Surfing

Bartholomew, Wayne
Delaney, Bill
Free Ride
Merkel, Dan
Richards, Mark

History of Surfing

Mark Richards, Gentleman Killer
Rabbit's Big Adventure
Shaun Tomson's Tunnel Vision

Interviews

Bill Delaney
Dan Merkel

Features

"ROUGH CUT: SURFING ON FILM," by MATT WARSHAW (1998)
CIVIC-MINDED: HOW THE CIVIC AUDITORIUM HELPED MAKE SANTA MONICA A FIRST-RATE SURF TOWN
“MAKING ‘FREE RIDE’,” BY JOHN GRISSIM (1982)

The Sunday Joint

SUNDAY JOINT, 11-21-2021: I LOST IT AT THE MOVIES – LIVE FROM THE FLORIDA SURF FILM FESTIVAL
SUNDAY JOINT, 3-27-2022: DYLAN, NIXON, JEPSEN; EVERYBODY PLAYED THE CIVIC

Videos

Bill Delaney interview, 1995
Mark Richards
Shaun Tomson
Wayne Bartholomew
Wayne Bartholomew in "Free Ride" (1977)