Bud Browne

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Bud "Barracuda" Browne, born July 12, 1912 is an early pioneer surf filmmaker. He was the first filmmaker to commercially show surf movies. His films are Hawaiian Surfing Movie (1953), Hawaiian Holiday (1954), Hawaiian Surf Movie (1955), Trek to Makaha (1956), The Big Surf (1957), Surf Down Under (1958), Cat on a Hot Foam Board (1959), Surf Happy (1960), Spinning Boards (1961), Cavalcade of Surf (1962), Gun Ho! (1963), Locked In (1964), You'll Dance in Tahiti (1967) and Going Surfin' (1973).

Browne was captain of the swim team at the University of Southern California in 1933. He learned to surf during that time at Venice, California. He began filming surfing in the 1940s while visiting Hawaii.[1]

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  1. ^ Carroll, Corky. "Filmmaker Browne won surfers' respect", Orange County Register, March 22, 2008. Retrieved on 2008-03-26. 

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