surfer.com - Must Watch: The Shocking Truth Behind “The Endless Summer”
Now streaming on platforms, “The Birth of The Endless Summer” is required viewing during this season.
After selling his car, his TV, and all other worldly possessions, in 1958 Dick Metz set out to see the world. Originally from Laguna Beach, he hopped trains and hitchhiked from Southern California through Mexico. Mind you, Jack Kerouac’s seminal “On The Road” had only been published the year prior and this kind of vagabond travel was well outside the strait-laced American norms of the time.