Retro Current 29 items | updated Jul 24 2009

    • Soldier Girls - video
      This clip is from the feature documentary Soldier Girls, directed by Nick Broomfield and Joan Churchill.
      by 3 years ago  |  69
    • Commodore 64 Orchestra - video
      The C64 orchestra is reviving, in classical form, the music from classic Commodore 64 games from the 1980's.
      by 3 years ago  |  26
    • 70's Surf Madness - video
      Vintage footage of pro surfer Shaun Tomson ripping up the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii circa 1975-76. In this Retro pod, watch a couple legendary Tomson waves caught...
      by 3 years ago  |  2
    • Piping Arizona - video
      Greg Ayers shreds a large unidentified piece of pipe that was found out in the desert of Arizona. Up and down, back and forth. From the movie "Skateboard...
      by 3 years ago  |  5
    • Skating Backyard Bowls - video
      Los Angeles, California was the birthplace of bowl skating which started growing in popularity in the mid 1970's. From the movie "Skateboard Madness"...
      by 3 years ago  |  1
    • Skateworld '75 - video
      From the movie "Super Session" by Hal Jepsen we wind back the clock to 1975 when the Del Mar Nationals skateboarding competition was the place to be. Jay...
      by 3 years ago  |  3
    • My Pool, My Rules - video
      If you don't want to swim in it, why not skate in it? These skateboarding pioneers of the 70's decided to put their backyard swimming pools to good use....
      by 3 years ago  |  0
    • Old School Pool - video
      A pool, a skateboard and a couple of friends were enough for a great day back in 1976. In "Skateboard Madness" a local gives a couple of pro skaters a hot...
      by 3 years ago  |  1
    • The 1st Girl Surfers - video
      Great surfing never looked better than this. From the epic movie "Super Sessions," this is the first ever surfing competition for women. Held in 1976 on the...
      by 3 years ago  |  2
    • The Cool School - video
      Walter Hopps and Irving Blum's Ferus Gallery was at the center of the art movement in Los Angeles that put the city on the map. With the likes of Andy Warhol and...
      by 3 years ago  |  2
    • Renegade of the '70's - video
      In the Gold Coast of Australia we find Michael Peterson shredding up some Down Under. Peterson was known for his renegade style of riding in the 70's. In the...
      by 3 years ago  |  1
    • King of The Pipe - video
      They don't call him the King of Pipe for his plumbing skills. Nope, this legendary surfer earned that title by making the sketchy look easy. Gerry Lopez lays out...
      by 3 years ago  |  1
    • Glass Bowl Skate Sesh - video
      Retro as it might be, this glass bowl still looks as daring and innovative as it did back in the 70's. Watch Kent Senatore and Dan "Mini Shred" Smith...
      by 3 years ago  |  3
    • North Shore Killer - video
      A North Shore legend explains his classic style of surfing and why anything is possible with the right mindset. So takes some notes young dreamer because this is...
      by 3 years ago  |  1
    • Soldiers on LSD - video
      What happens to the army if you give them LSD? This is documentary evidence of an experiment testing just that, carried out on British marines in 1964...
      by 3 years ago  |  61
    • Secret Nuclear Bunker - video
      Russia's pointing its nuclear war heads at us and we've haven't been this close to a cold war since, well, the cold war. Tom's going to spend a...
      by 3 years ago  |  13
    • Vintage Skateboards - video
      Dogtown, ZBoys + vintage boards on this episode of Retrocurrent.
      by 6 years ago  |  3
    • Lost Ark Redux - video
      In 1981 three 12 year olds set out to re-shoot "Raiders of the Lost Ark" in their backyards. Seven years later they were done. The end result was so good...
      by 4 years ago  |  6
    • Sputnik Changes World! - video
      Current TV takes a look back at how the secret launch of Sputnik in October 1957 set the space race in motion and spawned a scientific, political and cultural...
      by 4 years ago  |  13
    • The Geoff Capes Legend - video
      Eighties hero Geoff Capes, the World's Strongest Man, now breeds exhibition Budgerigars. It surprises some people that a man of Geoff Capes' physical...
      by 4 years ago  |  0
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