55 Groovy Pictures Capture Beach Scenes in the U.S During the 1960s

   

LeRoy (Granny) Grannis has been both a surfer and photographer since before the use of fiberglass and plastic foam in surfboards. LeRoy entered the rank of professional photographers in 1959, when his pictures appeared in the first surf magazines. LeRoy was also co-editor of International Surfing which first appeared in December 1964.

LeRoy always insists on top quality pictures and states that there is always room for any photographer who does top quality work. He began photographing the scene in California and Hawaii in the longboard Gidget era of the early 1960s.

 
Sunset Beach, 1967

 

Malibu, 1967

 

Sunset Beach, 1967

 

Sunset, 1972

 

Huntington Beach, 1961

 

Makaha Hawaii, 1962

 

Palos Verdes Cove, 1967

 

Palos Verdes Cove, 1964

 

Sunset Beach, c.1969

 

Ehukai Beach, c.1969

 

Makaha, 1968

 

Ocean Beach, San Diego, 1966

 

Sunset Beach, 1966

 

Ocean Beach, 1966

 

 
Hermosa Beach, 1965

 

Waimea Bay, 1973

 

Rincon, 1968

 

Sunset Beach, 1967

 

Sunset Beach, 1968

 

Waimea Bay, 1966

 

Sunset Beach, 1968

 

Pipeline, c.1965

 

Malibu, 1965

 

Malibu, 1966

 

Redondo Breakwater, 1963

 

Redondo Breakwater, 1963

 

Sunset Beach, 1967

 

Malibu, 1967

 

Hermosa Beach, 1963

 

San Onofre, 1963

 

Torrance Beach, 1964

 

Huntington Beach, 1965

 

The Malibu Pit, 1961

 

Hermosa Beach, 1961

 

Hermosa Beach Strand, 1967

 

Malibu 1967

 

Malibu 1967

 

Waimea Bay, 1964

 

Pacific Beach, San Diego 1967

 

 
Palos Verdes Cove, 1968