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1960's San Diego Surfing photos
SOUTH MISSION BEACH JETTIES & LUSCOMBS AT SUNSET CLIFFS
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA - 1961-1965

NOTE 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!
   
Gerry at Luscombs
Gerry Kantor on a slow right at Luscombs, Sunset Cliffs, San Diego, California.
Gerry at the jetties
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Gerry Kantor makes a backside turn at the South Mission Beach Jetties, San Diego, California.
   
Gerry at right break
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.
 
Gerry going right at the jetty peak
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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.
   
Endless Summer revisited
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ENDLESS 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.
Gerry gets out onto the rocks at Luscombs
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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
 
 
Phil, cruising at the beach

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.
Leucadia Surf School is licensed and fully insured for the beaches of Encinitas, Leucadia & Oceanside in North San Diego, California.

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