Two words, Endless Summer. They have become synonymous with surfing and Bruce Brown’s 1966 film did more for surfing and exposed it to more people than any single movie has before or since. Shown across the United States in cinemas and then the world, it regularly outsold big budget Hollywood films and brought surfing to the masses.

What it did for surfing though was portray it in a totally new light, gone was the kooky Gidget image and the stoner sleeping on the beach. Endless summer was about regular surfers who were passionate about their sport, the people they met and the places they visited. It fuelled thousands of journeys and inspired millions. Bruce also made several more films and was the first to film the now infamous Pipeline in Hawaii.