SOUTH
MISSION BEACH JETTIES & LUSCOMBS AT SUNSET CLIFFS
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA - 1961-1965 |
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ON THE PHOTOS: The photos below are of two of the Kantor
brothers (Gerry and Phil) surfing at South Mission Beach and Sunset
Cliffs, both in San Diego, California, during the early sixties,
when they both were between 13 and 15 years old. The photos are
frame grabs from 8mm home movies. The picture quality is not very
good, but the 8mm film they came from is over 40 years old. What's
interesting about these photos, is that there's no one else out
in the water! |
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| 1960's
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| Gerry
Kantor on a slow right at Luscombs, Sunset Cliffs, San Diego,
California. |
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| Gerry
Kantor makes a backside turn at the South Mission Beach Jetties,
San Diego, California. |
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| Gerry
gets a big right at "Right Break", a sandbar peak
100 yards north of the Jetty peak at South Mission Beach in
San Diego, California. |
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| Gerry
Kantor goes right and crouches on the main jetty peak. Just
out of frame to the left are the rocks of the South Mission
Jetty. |
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SUMMER REVISITED
Phil Kantor does a (hopefully) comic take-off on the Endless
Summer (1964) poster, which showed a profile of a surfer holding
a surfboard on his head and walking into the sunset. |
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| Gerry
Kantor gets out of the water at Luscombs. You had to wait for
a wave to wash over the rocks, then quickly paddle onto the
rock and stand up with your board before the water receded.
A tricky operation for a kid with a big board. or anyone. |
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Phil
Kantor at Luscombs
Phil does some serious foot work on this wave. |
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| Gerry
Kantor at Luscombs |
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| 1949
San Diego Lifeguards
Dwain Kantor, second from the left in the back row, father
of Leucadia Surf School owner Gerry Kantor. |
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Kevin
Kantor, L., and Gerry Kantor, R.,
Bodysurfing at La Jolla Shores around 1958.
Gerry is trying to flex his chest muscles, trying to look buff. |
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Surf School owner Gerry Kantor,
still in his diapers, 1952 or so,
getting some surf since "day 1."
La Jolla Shores, San Diego, California. |
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Californios
(Carmel Beach, 1965)
Right to Left: Phil Kantor, Gerry Kantor, Rick Cross, Todd
"Otis" Otis. Marc Cross is waxing a board in the
left background. Photo by Marc Cross's mom. Notice the divers
wetsuit jackets worn by Gerry and Phil, the only type of wetsuits
available at that time. |
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The
Kantor Brothers
Mission Beach in the late 1950's.
Left to Right, Kevin, Gerry, Phillip and Dennis Kantor.
Gerry and Phil are wearing cut off jeans, which are prehistoric
board shorts. |
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Phil
Kantor (1953-1995)
Phil, riding the beach break at South Mission Beach in the
early '60's.
Leucadia Surf School is dedicated to the memory of Phil
Kantor, a talented surfer who always surfed better than his
older brother, Gerry Kantor (which was very annoying.)
R.I.P.,
Phil.
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