Klassic Kustom Kulture Kronicles!
(right) An unknown gremmie diggin' tha carnival scene w/his old man with the last word in kool head gear during the 60's - the timeless "surfer helmet"!
From the film 'She Freak', 1967.
(left) Not sure if this is an American chick in London, or a Limey chick with good fashion sense, but scope the wahini in tha Mooneyes T!
From 'Ready Steady Go!' (UK)
(right) Same goes for this bloke in the Mod sunglasses sportin' the Bonneville T-shirt!
From 'Ready Steady Go!' (UK)
(above) Here's one from tha Roth time-capsule: a seldom-seen sequence from the film 'Beach Ball' in which the world-famous 'Surfite' along with Roth Studios' right-hand man, Dirty Doug, are captured... that's DD polishing the board on the Surfite! (The 'Orbitron' also appears in the trailer for this flick, if we recall correctly!)
Judy Smith - Downey, CA
"I have a picture of me wearing one of Roths painted shirts. It was around 1959 0r 1960. A
bunch of us had them done on sweat shirts. He even had our names on the top! It was
the drawing of the goatee man. It was done I believe in Maywood,Ca. I grew up in Bell. I remember it being done in a little shop that looked like a garage."
(left & close-up left)
Typical kool 60's kitten w/leopard britches & Roth "swetshirt"! Eat yer hearts out, Fella-Finks!
Special thanks to Judy Smith fer permission to use her really boss pic! You are a DAWL!!
(above) The 'Surfite' makes another cameo in our favorite giant teen flick, 1965's 'Village of the Giants'! (This clip borrowed from MST3K - Copyright Best Brains)
(above left) Man, that 'Surfite' really got around! Here makin' the scene in A.I.P.'s "Beach Blanket Bingo"! "The reason I wanted the 'Surfite' in 'Beach Blanket Bingo' was for the advertising value. If I could advertise it as being in the movie, I'd be able to collect $1,500 per show rather than the normal $200." - Ed "Big Daddy" Roth (from 'Hot Rods by Ed "Big Daddy" Roth and Tony Thacker, copyright 1995)
(above right) Jody McRae as 'Bonehead' wearing a kool 'Surfink' T in A.I.P.'s "Beach Blanket Bingo" - He's also donning a real boss 'R.F.' hat!
(left) "... I got wind of this new movie Annette Funicello was makin'... so I drove down and parked the Surfite next to Buster Keaton's dressing room, pretendin' to be one of the cast. If you're hip to movie sets, there's always good food around. I had it made." - Ed "Big Daddy" Roth (from Hot Rods by Ed "Big Daddy" Roth & Tony Thacker copyright 1995)
