Five Summer Stories
Five Summer Stories is a 1972 surf film by Jim Freeman and Greg MacGillivray, starring David Nuuhiwa, Eddie Aikau, Gerry Lopez, and Sam Hawk. Its VHS re-release was in 1994, followed by a DVD release. The Original Sound Track from Five Summer Stories was composed and recorded by the Southern California native band, Honk. The soundtrack was released on LP in 1972 and re-released on CD in 1992.
The film features original animation by John Lamb, who was among the first to animate surfing and skateboarding, and went on to win an Academy Award for invention of the Lyon Lamb Video Animation System.Reception
Called a "cinematic cult classic", the film is generally acknowledged as the start of the second generation of surf films, with the first generation being typified by Bruce Brown's The Endless Summer.
