Another installment of Saturday Starrs brings us a newsreel style skateboarding promotional film from 1965, featuring the the Hobie team. I’d like to know who commissioned this film. Newsreel stye films have certainly gone out of vogue. This has to be at the tail end of the genre. When did they start? Some time in the 20’s? I can’t imagine this kind of film today. In any case, The Hobie team is cruising through the tourist attraction in Florida called Cypress Gardens, which was literally at the time just a big garden. At some point in time they added water skiing shows as an attraction too. The visual quality of this film is beautiful. The colors are vibrant, right down to the goofy floppy. Why is the Hobie team all of 12 years old? They must have been hot off the set of Skater Dater. What a strange time in skateboarding.
Hobie Team skateboarding promo from 1965
From the archives of Scott Starr. (More Saturday Starrs)
5 comments
Scotty
Hey Lewis. Thanks for the props! but this is not the Bruce Brown film.. you are talking about a short film called AMERICA’S NEWEST SPORT from 1964 that Bruce put on that Surfin Shorts dvd (which is a collection of Bruce Browns short films) this is a completely different film…
IOwask8er
Its on DVD and its called
BRUCE BROWN “Surfin’ Shorts” w/ surfing to Japan & The Wet Set 1963 95mins and theirs a bonus titles America’s Newest Sport Hobie team. Bruce Brown film 1965 15mins
Scotty rules!! iowa told you so!!
enemy combatant
“What a strange time in skateboarding.”
It wasn’t strange. It was boss!
Scotty
This Film was made by Cypress Gardens, they made many short films on their Skiing, boating, kite skiing shows.. and when the Hobie team stopped by for a demo right after the ’65 Anaheim contest they made a film of it.. These films were also shown on local tv back then.. by the way i only posted part of it.. like i said, it cost me an arm and a leg for these films. not counting the research in finding them.. So i don’t give it all away..: ).. one day it will be on a dvd.. oh and the color is great cuz i know how to get them transferred correctly, if you could see the actual film and how red and crappy it looks you just wouldn’t think you could get it to look this good.. .. Enjoy, Scotty
nweyesk8
3 out of 4 push mongo