Old footage of the Duke and friends surfing

Ok so John Mellor very kindly sent us a copy of some old footage from the 1930’s promoting Hawaii.

We extracted the surfing and some hula girls and here’s the result, thanks John, and a lesson in SUP riding for CarveNalu :

http://www.olosurfer.com/Old%20Hawaii%20Duke%20Kahanamoku%20SUP%20surfing%20Hula%20Girls.html

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good one roy and john

i wanna play too!

i just see X

how come?

you probably don’t have the plug in to play it on your web browser, its a .wmv file, for windows media.

If on a mac update your internet explorer to 7 (if its available or just use 6 and install windows media player plug in) same deal if you are using 98 / 2k / xp or vista.

vista shouldn’t have any issues of missing plug ins or else you got a hacked / pirated / bootleg / or minimal install version

or easier is to see if John M can email you … . the originals

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I could have done without the little clip of Roy spliced in the middle…just my opinion.

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I agree adding some other surfer in the middle of a Duke clip.

Kinda like Kenny G. overdubbing himself on top of a 30+ year old Louis Armstrong recording.

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I agree adding some other surfer in the middle of a Duke clip.

Kinda like Kenny G. overdubbing himself on top of a 30+ year old Louis Armstrong recording.

+1

…although the template, length and rocker curve of the outrigger canoe that was being paddled in the middle of the video DID look to have to same overall shape as roy’s board?

Awesome. An excuse to mount this Satchmo link…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4yZ-xob660

Here’s another priceless one:

http://www.youtube.com/…=related&search=

I could go on all night, all week, in fact…

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I could have done without the little clip of Roy spliced in the middle…just my opinion.

Nice copyright grab from the Surfing Heritage Museum

Karma

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Nice copyright grab from the Surfing Heritage Museum

Karma

Please elaborate, I can not find a site for the “Surfing Heritage Museum”. . . . . I just got the footage from John, and he said go ahead and publish it.

You don’t appreciate that straight to the beach kind of surfing anyway, and you have no sense of humour, so maybe you should butt out.

it’s just a bit of fun, ok ?

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Surfing Heritage surfingheritagefoundation@surfingheritage.org

If you are so worried about it you email them and see what they say.

You and I both know that the Duke probably wouldn’t mind me putting my ride alongside his, and that’s what counts. . …I’m just buzzing on that way of surfing, it’s a blast !

Most of you types who get all high and mighty about copyright, the Duke etc are the same people who constantly mock the forward stance, the shuffling, the straight to the beach rides, and all that kind of stuff. . . . that, to me, is insulting to the Duke. . . . whereas I am showing an appreciation of what he and Blake did, by entering the surfing and surfboard design parameters which they lived in.

Keeping that stuff in a glass case sucks, let it out, let it breathe and add water. . … build an olo !

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I personally dubbed the video from one of several film copies I own. I have copies in both 8mm and 16mm. Castle Films produced many films of various types including news reels, sports films and travel films. As far as I know, the company is defunct. I also am unaware of any exclusive rights owned by anyone. I added a Hawaiian music soundtrack and gave several copies away. If I have violated any exclusive rights of SHM, I apologize. If any rep from SHM wants to contact me directly… goomba271(at)charter(dot)net.

Kind of sounds to me as if that video is probably in the public domain.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain

Things have gotten a little crazy around the issue of ‘copyright’ and ‘IP’ lately. The whole thing has been corrupted though, it is just another tool of the rich and powerful to control things and make more money.

Check out these guys to find out a different view, than the mainstream> eff.org

This here is a very good talk on the same subject by Cory Doctorow, at a Authors@Google talk. He really outlines the issues with IP as well as how current economic policies could very well be big mistakes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgXwmXpaH2Q

Let Roy have fun!

Remix it!

If you are so worried about it

Funny one Roy

I know that the Duke probably wouldn’t mind me putting my ride alongside his

Funny one Roy

Most of you types who get all high and mighty about copyright, the Duke etc are the same people who constantly mock the forward stance, the shuffling, the straight to the beach rides, and all that kind of stuff. . . . that, to me, is insulting to the Duke

Such bullshit

whereas I am showing an appreciation of what he and Blake did, by entering the surfing and surfboard design parameters which they lived in.

interesting point. I feel no spirit of cooperation or Aloha. I feel like it’s trying to clime a barbed wire fence w/o gloves.

Like I said, “Nice copyright grab”, now it’s yours for you to show the world (edited with you in a pink wetsuit).

Like I said “Karma”, surly good will prevail.

Etymology

The word aloha derives from the Hawaiian words alo meaning “presence,” “front,” “face,” or “share”; and ha, meaning “breath of life” or “essence of life.”[citation needed] In ancient times—and to this day—Hawaiian put their foreheads together and say “alo,” and then breathe out saying “ha,” thus literally facing and exchanging their life’s breath.

[/url] Spirit

Over the decades the word aloha has been used in reference to a complex state of mind called the Aloha Spirit or sense of aloha. The Aloha Spirit is often described as a sense of care and hospitality to those around as well as respect for their personhood, even in the face of stressful environments, occasions or people.

Aloha, everybody.

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Please elaborate, I can not find a site for the "Surfing Heritage Museum". . . . . I just got the footage from John, and he said go ahead and publish it.

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It’a actually the Surfing Heritage Foundation - http://www.surfingheritage.com/index.htm

I work with those guys. I doubt they’d have a problem with your using the footage. It’s old enough that it’s public domain. Plus… the mission of SHF is to document and preserve the history of surfing. They are doing that by gathering and archiving as much data as they can. That includes surfboards, photos, video, publications, recordings, transcripts, surf accessories, etc.

They’re sensitive about copyright issues when they are imposed by the donor… for example, Leroy Grannis has donated his entire photo archive with the stipulation that anyone can view it, but if someone wants to use the photos, they have to pay a licensing fee.

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Like I said, “Nice copyright grab”, now it’s yours for you to show the world (edited with you in a pink wetsuit).

Mate the entire video is black and white, how can Pink enter into it ??

Also it seems that the video is in the public domain

Get over it man, you seem to be very bitter, it’s not good for you.

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