Coastalwatch.com - Dana Brown on His Dad Bruce, and a Life of Endless Summers
Bruce Brown has been a pillar of the surf community since practically the beginning.
He was one of the early pioneers of surf cinematography in the 1950s and ’60s, and his film The Endless Summer is widely acknowledged as having brought surfing culture to the masses and popularised surf travel.
When Bruce Brown passed in 2017, surfing lost a legend—and at the same time, another paragon of the surf film industry lost a father. Bruce’s oldest son Dana has become an esteemed filmmaker in his own right, with globally recognised titles such as The Endless Summer II, Step Into Liquid, and Highwater.