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Bud Browne Father of Surf Films Passes

July 31, 2008

Surf's Up Bud Browne, a onetime Venice Beach lifeguard who became known as “the father of surf films." Browne began showing his 16-millimeter surf movies commercially up and down the California coast in the early 1950s. Browne died at the age of 96 in his sleep Friday at his home in San Luis Obispo, ...