This clip is from the feature documentary Soldier Girls, directed by Nick Broomfield and Joan Churchill.
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2 The C64 orchestra is reviving, in classical form, the music from classic Commodore 64 games from the 1980's.
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3 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...
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4 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...
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5 Los Angeles, California was the birthplace of bowl skating which started growing in popularity in the mid 1970's. From the movie "Skateboard Madness"...
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6 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...
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7 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....
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8 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...
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9 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...
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10 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...
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11 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...
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12 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...
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13 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...
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14 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...
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15 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...
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16 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...
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17 Dogtown, ZBoys + vintage boards on this episode of Retrocurrent.
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18 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...
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19 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...
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20 Eighties hero Geoff Capes, the World's Strongest Man, now breeds exhibition Budgerigars. It surprises some people that a man of Geoff Capes' physical...
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