Old Surf Movies: A Hatteras Odyssey, 1975

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jimmyjames lee - 6 years ago

times looked so good back then so glad we handed out welfare to everyone so they could over populate the world with dickheads

Surfmus - 6 years ago

R.I.P. Frank Dorenkamp. Broke his neck surfing according to his sister that wrote a comment here.

deweypug - 6 years ago

AWESOME!!!

Neil Cowling - 6 years ago

Great home movie. Whoever shot and edited this knew what they are doing.

ときまるJp - 6 years ago

いいねー

Conspiracy Hamster - 6 years ago

This was so beautiful

findvoltage - 7 years ago

look how clean the beaches looked back then. i remember that!

Lennon Newberry - 7 years ago

Good stuff - thanks

Vincent Marco - 7 years ago

Hi! Thank you so much for posting this. I am planning on making a non profit making video that I will only post on youtube using some old clips like yours. Could I use some of your footage for my project? It would be amazing. :) I will of course give you the credit for the visuals! Your footage makes me immediately feel nostalgic.
I hope it's okay for you, best regards.

DrAbalone - 7 years ago

Vincent Marco what the URL?

Vincent Marco - 7 years ago

Thank you so much!! The video is up and I added the link to your site :) Wish I could have had such a trip! Let me hear what you think ;)

DrAbalone - 7 years ago

Vincent Marco, Sounds like a good idea and go ahead and use some but yes give credit and a link back to my site. Let me know when you have it up

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The Death Twitch - 7 years ago

This was lovely. Great quality.

Minor Gray Music - 7 years ago

fuckin cool ass hell !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Stuart B. - 8 years ago

Haa, thanks for the memories, and the music, great home video chronicle, i was a wandering surfer back here in west ozzie all through the seventies, driving up an down the coast, camping, living out of my car, chillin waves an chillum pipes, life was so much freer back then, even if surfies were outcasts along with our brother hippies, we were still free to chase our passion an drive on the beach an camp under the stars in the sanddunes... keep tbe dream alive!

samuel leafe - 8 years ago

what film and super 8 camera did you use?

samuel leafe - 8 years ago

thanks

DrAbalone - 8 years ago

It was a Minolta regular 8mm camera. It actually used 16mm film that you flipped over to use both sides then Kodak split the film after processing. My dad bought it in the late 1960s in Hong Kong

rock and roll life style - 8 years ago

The 60's and 70's were so different on the OBX . Great film .

Forrest Cory - 8 years ago

I can't imagine the effort it took to shoot this movie with the equipment you had access to back in the 70s. So. Cool. Can't wait to surf Hatteras again this August - praying for a hurricane swell and a hurricane that stays well off the coast!

Amy Fisher - 8 years ago

i was up half the night last night. insomnia isn't something new to me or lost on me. kept thinking back to va. beach, hatteras, surf city, onslow. hearing about uncle rabbit's passing today had me searching for more and wanting to watch some of the old surf movies we'd watch at the FOP club... found this instead. perfect. great little cam. and f'in wishbone ash? dudes. shaka. aloha rabbit and live in water!

t mac - 8 years ago

florida hasn't changed a bit. blazing hot. smoking chicks. shit waves.

jrmrocks - 8 years ago

Hell yeah! Love the music too!

Mark Johnson - 8 years ago

Fantastic to watch....I moved to Nags Head in 75 and lived and surfed there till 84....came back after the 90's and it was so different. Happy to see this film

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Guy Witscher - 8 years ago

So that means all those hot babes of the day are now like 60-70 years old - wow

Doug Thompson - 9 years ago

B4 Hatteras was overrun with wankers and you didn`t need to be rich to live there..east coast of fla wasn't the parking lot it is now

foxman362 - 9 years ago

awesome early 70's era that's coming from 80's child like me born 1980.

foxman362 - 9 years ago

1940's,1950's,1960's,1970's group.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/winnie1968/

EMma s - 9 years ago

Buxton looks just the same! :)

Pete Coyle - 9 years ago

RIP Frank Dorenkamp!
From Frank's sister, Peggy:
With profound sadness, I want to tell you that our brother, Frank passed away last weekend while vacationing with our family in Delaware. While in the ocean, he was tossed by a rough wave and sustained a neck fracture. If you knew him, you know how much he loved the ocean, and that there was no other way he would have wanted to leave this earth. We are grateful that he didn't suffer and that he was with his family at the time. We are going to spread his ashes in both the Pacific and Atlantic oceans so that he can continue to ride the waves.

Amy Fisher - 8 years ago

+Pete Coyle Frank is welcoming 'Uncle Rabbit' into the ether to surf that endless wave and eternally live in water. rabbit's passing brought me to look for surf movies i grew up with in va. beach and on hatteras. found Frank's. i dreamt about this last night. surfing leaves a legacy of some real kalohes and scoundrels but my family is steeped in the tradition of throw them in let them learn quickly to swim. da kine! aloha rabbit!

paperbacknovel - 9 years ago

+Pete Coyle Very sad news

Jono Edwards - 9 years ago

+Pete Coyle Heavy Man. See you out there soon Frank.

tom hutch - 9 years ago

very cool stuff

J Veep - 9 years ago

this was the very best of times i wish i could be in this era again !!!!

k jay - 9 years ago

i was surfing Isle of Palm, my home in 75, then moved to Pensacola---miss those suds

Nelson Robert Willis - 9 years ago

This vid turned me into a Wishbone Ash fan.

joshua perez - 8 years ago

Haha same

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Robbin Steel - 9 years ago

I have 8mm film from that Lighthouse in 1972 - looks almost exactly the same.

warriorforestmonk - 10 years ago

Wishbone Ash!!! Yeaaaah!

Tim - 10 years ago

calirepubaudio - 10 years ago

bueno flick... music quite cool, as well. also check out RAYTOM ("Legends of Stoke") and ("Giant Barrels") on youtube for some cool So. Cal retro surf grooves... -Lates :)

Bob Perry - 10 years ago

I grew up in Morehead city N.C. We would take the ferry to Ocrakoke, then to the lighthouse where we would camp and surf until our arms fell off. I remember people taking surf trips up and down the East Coast ,every summer. I was a young grommet surfer in '75, and, I remember the lighthouse being right on the jetty.......
This brought back sweet memories of Seals and crofts summer breeze , the group America and Neil young......
Where did the time go?

summer cloud - 10 years ago

..... what amazingly free' times...

Mr1flyfisher - 10 years ago

Never leave waves to find waves. Hatteras looked good. I drove down from Jersey in 1979. It was 6-8 and peeling @ the lighthouse..

highwatercircutrider - 10 years ago

It's bad luck to haul a surfboard backwards!

Michael Rogers - 10 years ago

Love the little shot of Spanish House CLASSIC... thanks for posting

AtomBombCafe - 10 years ago

No cell phones. No body knew Where you were. True freedom.

SurfingSplitty - 10 years ago

Sweeet!

Steven M - 10 years ago

Was this released by the guys in the movie? Very cool.

Nicolas Savaria - 10 years ago

cant stop watching over years :)

Keith Bloemendaal - 10 years ago

Bring back times like this.... PLEASE!

Jean-Marc Luna - 10 years ago

Happy to have experienced these moments of joyous recklessness. Thanks for these souvenirs +Keith Bloemendaal :)

Steve Sherron - 10 years ago

+Keith Bloemendaal That was fantastic. Great music too. A Neil Young sound to it. Thanks for the heads up on this one.

Keith Bloemendaal - 10 years ago

Here's your Vdub +Steve Sherron ;-)

paperbacknovel - 11 years ago

Love this movie -- one of best I've ever seen on youtube.

postalaka - 11 years ago

Rad video!I remember going up in the light house in the old location .Brings back memories!

miike brook - 11 years ago

cool ass video man just came back from the outer banks best surf ive had my whole life. really cool to see the light house in a diff spot :D

chaz z - 11 years ago

This is very cool.. thanks for sharing.. wow how I wish I would have done something like this when I was young..

Samuel Charlebois-Thibodeau - 11 years ago

Just came back from Hatteras, your movie is perfect man!! Great shots, great feel, made me dream again !!

TheSlimedshady - 11 years ago

great movie. hope all those memories came flooding back

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TimeBookFilms - 11 years ago

good combo of traveling with best friends and surfing the globe baby!!!

Adolfo Arevalo - 11 years ago

My respect for your work, and thanks for sharing......

Toilet Week - 11 years ago

Dig it. Good shit.

barrierislandfilms - 11 years ago

this is classic!

Volkswear - 11 years ago

More importantly......Do you still have the bus? Love the bus!!!!

Volkswear - 11 years ago

Very Cool I loved every minute of it. Where are these guys today?

JCMcGonagle - 11 years ago

that was freaking awesomee 1974 looks crazy haha, great movie man

Ben's Channel - 11 years ago

Just got one but the flux capacitor isn't working properly.

Yorkithetimebandit - 11 years ago

found one yet?

Vampamaster Leo Rodz - 11 years ago

loved it reminded me of yesteryear, single fins and clay wheel skateboards and no aerials yet. LeoSurf

Uhuru - 11 years ago

better than anything ive seen from rip-a-quik-bong

Aaron Cardinal - 11 years ago

awesome, truly awesome, back when you could drive right on the beach. i was only 6 but damn this takes me back! love it!!!!

Timothy Kingman - 11 years ago

In 1981-83 I was a United States Coast Guard EM3 who maintained all of the CG Outer Banks electrical systems. I also maintained the Diamond Shoals Light Tower 12 miles off shore, all of the small boat stations as well as the remote CG Ocracoke Small Boat Station, and of course the famous Cape Hatteras Lighthouse in this GREAT video. Though this 8mm is 6 years earlier, it restores the memories of CG friends established in this remote corner of our country. Carry-on Coasty!

Scorp ii star - 11 years ago

though you probably never made any hollywood blockbuster, rather, toiled at some shit job for 30 years..........recognize, this is epic and it is appreciated, thANX for posting this :)

Michel Davis - 11 years ago

Giant Mahalo for making and posting this. I missed you guys since this was probably the only Hatteras spring break I missed in this era. Was there at the end of summer though when Rasmussen won the US at the lighthouse and Wes Laine threw down some. My daughters will lol...

snorkelingisfun - 11 years ago

I could actually smell the salt water.

sir stylecounciler - 11 years ago

Royal!.... thx for posting this.

Bill Hensel - 11 years ago

Very cool film brought back some memories cira:1968-1970 of when I surfed Ocean City, Finn wick,Island and once drove my 1968 Falcon down to Hatteras for storm surfing. Thanks for posting this those were the days.

savannah inman - 11 years ago

70's style ya dig?? man i'm in the wrong damn generation...

teleroylichtenstein - 11 years ago

Great video, very very nice, amazing

Bill Dempsey - 12 years ago

Man does this take me back! My brother and I did this trip around the same time in my '74 Nova hatchback. Tried tent camping in 60 mph winds? Not fun! Plenty of surf though!

Victoria Codella - 12 years ago

mad cool cats. would hung for sure. lol good lookin out, good tunes; i def dig this band - gonna queue some up on spotify tomorrow morn. thanks for sharing. ;oD

The Great Gazoo - 12 years ago

A true surf trip!

mrrandom177 - 12 years ago

Amazing !!!

KENNETH DAVID EBLING - 12 years ago

LOL I STILL HAVE MY 1ST PLACE TROPHY FROM ESA HATTERAS/TOM CURREN WAS ONE OF THE JUDGES/ WONDER HOW MANY OF US R STILL AROUND/ FUNNY TRIP SHOWS HATTERAS TO FLA/I LIVED IN COCA BEACH MANY YEARS/ SEBASTIAN GETS AMAZING AFTER STORM/ IT WAS A ZOO TO SURF EVEN THEN/STILL HAVE SCARE WHERE GUY KICKED BOARD OUT AT ME/WHEN HE GOT OUT HE PAID/LOL EVERYBODY WORE BIRDWELL BAGGIES/ CHICKS BIKINI IS A BIKINI/BUT U ALSO COULD WEAR FLOWERED JAMS /WE WERE THE LUCKY ONES/

KENNETH DAVID EBLING - 12 years ago

CONT/WHAT WAS I THINKING/I NOW LIVE IN CALI/STUNT SURF SOME IN FILMS/SOME GOOD BREAKS/BUT HATTERAS ON A PERFECT DAY IS THE BOMB/THERE IS A PLACE /CALL IT H/TRIPLE OVERHEAD U CAN DROP IN AND TOTTALLY GET BARRELED/AND PADDLE BACK OUT AND NOT EVEN GET WET/BUT BREAKS SELDOMONE DAY AT L HOUSE THE VA. BOYS JUST SAT ON THE BEACH/THERE WERE 7 OF US OUT THAT DAY/TEARING IT UP AT LEAST DOUBLE OVER HEAD/I CAME BY THEM/THEY SAID U GOIN OUT?U BET I AM/ 45 YEARS AGO I STILL REMEMBER THAT DAY THANKS AGAIN

KENNETH DAVID EBLING - 12 years ago

OMG/THOSE WERE THE DAYS/U CANT TELL FROM THIS VID BUT HATTERAS GETS LIKE PIPELINE/I KNOW/I RODE IT/THERE WAS A DAY ANYWHERE U DROPPED IN U GOT BARRELED AND CAME OUT /WINDS WERE OFF SHORE LIKE 20MPH/IT WAS LIKE DOUBLE OVERHEAD/WHEN IT GETS HUGE/U FLY SO FAST AND GET WAY OUT IN FRONT OF THE WAVE AND UR BOARD ALMOST STOPS/THEN THE WAVE CATCHES UP AND U BETTER BE READY/ U REALIZE EVERYBODY IN THIS VID IS LIKE AROUND 60 NOW/I WALKED AROUND THE TOP OF THAT LIGHTHOUSE/NO HANDS ON ACID/THANKS BRAU

Luke Sharp - 12 years ago

I really enjoyed watching this. My kids, my friends and I are always taking surf trips... This was so cool. It was great to see these places back in '75.

eric williams - 12 years ago

Great movie! I'm from DE and have been going to Hatteras my whole life. This reminds me of my older brother and how he gave me the surf stoke!

jim zorger - 12 years ago

Thanks for posting, I am not a surfer but I love the Outer Banks and any road trip! :)

alwv1 - 12 years ago

Cool, I have been visiting that area (Hatteras) since 1969, almost every year for vacation. Many things have changed over the years. The video is a step back in time while documenting the many changes that has occurred over the years. Thanks for uploading, I enjoyed it.

DrAbalone - 12 years ago

Thanks Nicolas. Wishbone Ash is one of the greatest unappreciated rock bands ever.

Brandon Jordan - 12 years ago

VW Van with a footprint gas pedal. Classic.

Aaron Johnson - 12 years ago

Thank you, brother - this just made my day.

richard stever - 12 years ago

livin the dream, hell yeah that was back in the day before everything became big down there now they wont even let you on the fuckin beach with ur truck cause of some stupid bird theyre trying to protect

voodookook - 12 years ago

Those were the days!

vintagepremoon - 12 years ago

That was a very tasty ten minutes. The pace matched the time and the music set the tone. Very good. Thank you.

Tallow Sound - 12 years ago

This was awesome man. Thanks a lot for posting.

isaacwinton - 12 years ago

awesome movie bro, kinda makesme wish I was surfing in that era instead of swimming around my dads nuts...

Erik S. - 12 years ago

This is a stunner.... Thanks so much for sharing!

chulieho - 12 years ago

great vid ! you guys rip.thanks

Numantino312 - 12 years ago

though one reason why life was simpler back then is because few would have gone any further than the bother of a polariod or 35mm pics/snapshots. that epic film clip literally comes from film. which had to be developed, etc. a LOT of work went to make this video. my props to those who made it. and thanks for sharing.

Numantino312 - 12 years ago

i have quite similar feelings about the 80s myself.

billfishoc - 12 years ago

Thanks for posting this film clip. This brings back memories of some surf trips I took back in the 60's and 70's. I wish I had used a movie camera back then. Life was a lot simpler back then too.

rasta1973 - 12 years ago

Man this video is full of stuff we cant do now days. :(

Jarek Kurek - 12 years ago

Great clip and music!!

Blank Channel - 12 years ago

That`s great video. Thanks for sharing guys. I`m restoring the same 1967 VW T1 Bus. You can check progress in short videos I`ve maded on my Youtube Channel.

pyroarchy - 12 years ago

wheres the doobie smokin footage? XD

Furball2k - 12 years ago

I remember when the world used to look like this... Take Me Back!!!

Belinda Marks - 12 years ago

Great vid... loved the bus... the old look... so cool.... awesome dudes...bel xx

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bastardsofmelody - 12 years ago

Great movie! I grew up in Florida and surfed Sebastian Inlet and New Smyrna back in the 80's. Live in New Jersey now and go down to Hatteras every summer to surf. It all looks pretty much the same to me, especially Sebastian. I don't think it's changed too much. Thanks for sharing!

koberaven - 12 years ago

Make you wonder what we'll be saying 30 years from now.

1purehokie - 12 years ago

my dad was a hatteras surf pirate during these days! i showed him this video and he must have watched it 4 times in a row! when he tells me his stories, it inspires me to enjoy every day and everything life brings me. the outer banks that i know are much different, but still the same. when i surf, i feel as if i'm carrying on a family tradition and nothing feels more natural to me.

Clay Adams - 12 years ago

beautiful film! this is a real treasure

Turkka Saarikoski - 12 years ago

An awesome film about being alive and living a dream! I was a seven-year-old 1st-grader dreaming of owning a VW Bus when you shot this film. Dreams do come true: nowadays I have an -84 Westy bus and love doing road trips to the beach with my kids and wife - too bad the Baltic sea waves are lousy here in Finland :-/ Hang loose!!!

surferdude1665 - 12 years ago

The way back machine is operational. The line forms here! Sweet. O>-</

Ben's Channel - 12 years ago

Great Movie and choice of music. Very well made. I just bought a super 8 camera, now all i need is a nice time machine. ( None on e-bay)

halbruu - 12 years ago

yeah, and today's "era" sucks balls. seriously, we got shafted

MondoBone - 12 years ago

I love watching these. This is the best thing ever. Great choice of music, too.

voodookook - 12 years ago

Looks like somebody got picked up in Thoroughgood in VB!!

voodookook - 12 years ago

Great flick here guys!! made the trip many times in the 70's ...... BEST of times for sure! Now I live on the Southern Outer Banks!! Thanks for posting! mark

FrenchSoulParty - 13 years ago

Would i be able to use some of this for a music video my good friend?

Luciano Barrionuevo - 13 years ago

man, just awesome..i was thinking if it was realy shooted on the seventies cuz its so stilish n cool that it seems extremaly wellplaned in every single detail..great it bring me moments of joy..tnx..

Maustrum Productions - 13 years ago

Thanks for the shot of the Wallabies. Brought back good memories Keep On Truckin'

Paul Meyer - 13 years ago

great filmmaking. places still look the same. hahaa. waves still the same.

doc470 - 13 years ago

dude this is classic! i so wish i was born a generation ago (born in '83)....

dandy7989 - 13 years ago

It really brought me back!!!!!

RockHeavy2 - 13 years ago

It made this old lady(60!!( miss surfing more and more, thank God I am 5 miles from Cocoa Beach, Second light, picnic table etc, Those were the good old days , yowza !

crimescenestudios - 13 years ago

I was 18 and surfing then too, except I lived in Southern California. But this surf trip is so familiar. It reminds me of how many things have changed. The very air, the feeling that was in the air, was so different than it is today. Look at the bodies people had. No fat people. And the women had curves, not flab, the way it's supposed to be, the way it was in 1975. And the music, tuneful and interesting. The water was cleaner in Cali back then. It was glorious. Didn't even know it.

Żaneta Koszalinek - 13 years ago

simply beautiful

teamjinsoku - 13 years ago

these babes are probably my moms age... kida wierd to think about. awesome video btw.

clarkewi - 13 years ago

I had a van just like that in '75. Used it to move my girlfriend and her gear up to UC Santa Cruz. Ended up staying there for 30 years. Now I live in New Zealand.

calico2000jack - 13 years ago

Groovy tunes, great beaches, great filming...man, I was born in 67 and still think I was born just a bit late...my sis lives on Ocracoke now I'm gonna share this with her and she'll love it! Thanks for posting this you made my day ...now I got to see what else you have here on you tube.....later cuz..from New Castle, PA.

Rory Anderson - 13 years ago

@SurfTrip00 Thanks for the info. I have been over that too. Great video. I wish I could find a camera like that now to shoot present filming.Just something about it thats so cool that HD doesn't have.

SurfTrip00 - 13 years ago

@herostoryproductions nah.....that's the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel ! There used be a toll on the bridge. The booth you see in the video is on the Hampton side.....it was just about where Strawberry Banks Motel sits next to the interstate. Notice the HRBT is two-way traffic also......second span didnt come until later days

ShoreScout - 13 years ago

I love this flik man.. I was fishin' the outer banks in 75 as a kid.. The scenes from the trip are familiar for the Outer Banks part.. Check out my early 60's OBX surf fishin trip movies.

Rory Anderson - 13 years ago

at about :57 is that Chesapeake bay bridge Toll Booth?

santoli - 13 years ago

FAR OUT, MAN! Hey, that brings back memories, for sure. You could get that into a film festival. Great choice for the background music,too - I hadn't heard the Ash in eons. Right on!!!

Sky Pilot - 13 years ago

awesomeness, love hatteras!

Shane Kimble - 13 years ago

Epic coolness.

bootsanford - 13 years ago

classic!

surf salterpath - 14 years ago

....dude

kenster38 - 14 years ago

Is it me or is the ocean much cleaner back then ,,,,and the sun was so beautiful in the 70s,i get the feeling its smaller in 2010.Oh and the VW van with the surfboard ,even today i would like to have it cool vid awsome van.

PinkbassmanMusic - 14 years ago

whatever happened to the bus?

whit whitley - 14 years ago

Cool....I hope y'all are still taking the occasional surf trip!

FreshFFFish - 14 years ago

No matta how things change...They always remain the same...Sweet Vid !!

Donna Goff - 14 years ago

This video rocks on so many levels. Thanks so much for sharing. There's so much to love here.

buzzboy7 - 14 years ago

Pretty Cool Vid. Loving the old hatteras stuff. I grew up and live in Buxton and I love seeing old videos like this.

Matthew Locke - 14 years ago

Cool movie, I was living on Ocracoke 1975.Brings back alot of memories.

Ian Smith - 15 years ago

Wow, what an awesome Vid!!! best thing I have seen on youtube for a long time and great choice of music to! This vid reminds me of some of my surf trips, only a decade later and in Australia The feel and passion is the same though where ever you are in the world! Thanx!

flacustom - 15 years ago

Excellent!

Neal Unger - 15 years ago

Brian, thats my van. sickest Wishbone Ash Same exact van same color very wierd or not

Club Of The Waves - 15 years ago

Cool!

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