Bill Andrews (photographer)

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Bill Andrews (born (1944-08-18) August 18, 1944), is a surfer documentary photographer and archivist.

Andrews surfed his first wave in 1957 at La Jolla Shores. He joined the line-up at Windansea Beach in the early sixties and claims have been made that he was one of the first to discover and surf the world class waves at Black's Beach,

<Bill Andrews checking in here - a couple of things: 1. I was part of a group of Shores and WindanSea surfers who started going to Black's in the late fifties 2. I would LOVE to know the names of "many older local surfers who had surfed it earlier" 3. I'm sure Black's was surfed before we did - just do not know who they were, and I'll guarantee that they did not surf it continuously>

despite the fact that many older local surfers had surfed it earlier. In July 1965 his surfing skills won him the cover of Surfer magazine, Vol. 6 No. 3.

<Besides Peter Lusik, Don Wroncy, John Light, Joe Trotter [LuRonLiTrots] who surfed it the day before we did Bill Andrews, Bill Ogelsby, Mickey Gordon, Tom Barber (AnOScoopsNobs)>

Andrews has been cited in numerous articles and videos on surf history including "Welcome to Windansea" by Chris Ahrens,[1] "The Strange Disappearance of Ron Stoner" by Matt Warshaw,[2] "Photo / Stoner" by Matt Warshaw [3] and Ty Ponder's "Sea Level Pressure" [4]

In recent years, Bill Andrews has become one of the major archivists of modern surf culture with his eclectic online chronicle A Day with BA.

References

  1. ↑ SURFER'S JOURNAL (Summer 2000)
  2. ↑ SURFER'S JOURNAL (Summer 1995)
  3. ↑ PHOTO / STONER (2006)
  4. ↑ SEA LEVEL PRESSURE (2006)

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