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The story told by the photographs in 'California surfing and climbing in the Fifties' takes place against the larger backdrop of postwar America: Truman and Eisenhower, the Korean War, the Cold War and the Red Scare. Young people were embracing new symbols of non-conformity like Elvis Presley and James Dean. All along the California coast, surfing became popular as heavy balsawood boards were replaced with lightweight ones crafted from polyurethane foam, fibreglass and resin. Meanwhile, climbers descended on Tahquitz Rock in the south and Yosemite Valley to the north to test handcrafted equipment that would set new standards for safety, technique and performance. The photographs in this volume include images of legendary surfers such as Joe Quigg, in locations such as Malibu; and famous climbers such as Warren Harding, photographed mostly in the Yosemite Valley. The photographs depict the birth of an era and an exhilarating moment in Californian history.
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Surfing, Pictorial works, Mountaineering, California, description and travel, Photographie, Wellenreiten, Klettern, HistoryPlaces
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