Sunday 27th April - 2025
Here's a revealing, almost 'behind the scenes' insight clip from my old mate PT as he talks in lengthy detail about the production & filming of some of the surfing scenes of everybody's favourite Hollywood surf movie, 1978's "Big Wednesday".
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| Peter Townend graces the cover of US Surfer Magazine. At the time the photo was taken he had recently been crowned the first World Champion |
Some surfing sequences were filmed in El Salvador. As the producers tried to replicate the famous point break surf that would appear similar on film to California's famous Malibu - where the story was set.
PT was in El Salvador just two weeks ago. This week, he's in Peru. Next month he'll be back on homeground in Australia for the WSL contest, the Bonsoy Gold Coast Pro.
Ah... the life of an ex-World Champion roving surf ambassador. It's tough.
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| Tracks Magazine cover of February 1977 With front page news that declared PT as "Numero Uno" |
By the way, this short film's producer, Tony Roberts, used a lot of my old surf images scattered throughout this clip too. I'm proud to have my work included as a salute to my life-long friend.
Do yourself a favour and check out the clip on YouTube:
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