George Greenough

A loose biography of surfer and documentarist George Greenough, one of the most famous and unique members of the surfing subculture.

George Greenough chronicles ground zero of the shortboard revolution, as it evolved in 1968. Experience remote Australia and hidden California, as ridden by Bob McTavish, Ted Spencer, Baddy Treloar, Chris Brock, Gary Keys, Russell Hughes and a brigade of the underground's best. Check out Norther NSW in the golden era of the late 1960s, with empty perfection at Lennox Head.

Children of the Sun will stir memories of the happiest days in any surfers life... those uncomplicated hot sunny days... no crowds... never to be forgotten fun filled days. Filmed around the virgin coastline of New Zealand and the classic points of Northern Queensland Australia, this film is an amazing chronicle of a time now looked on as the golden years of surfing... the styles and beach scenes... the cars, people and fashions... surfing during the mid to late 60s... the New Era!

A loose biography of surfer and documentarist George Greenough, one of the most famous and unique members of the surfing subculture.

George Greenough chronicles ground zero of the shortboard revolution, as it evolved in 1968. Experience remote Australia and hidden California, as ridden by Bob McTavish, Ted Spencer, Baddy Treloar, Chris Brock, Gary Keys, Russell Hughes and a brigade of the underground's best. Check out Norther NSW in the golden era of the late 1960s, with empty perfection at Lennox Head.

Filmed with a camera in a waterproof housing strapped to Greenough’s back, the sequence is composed entirely of slow-motion footage shot inside the curl of waves, edited to the 23-minute song "Echoes" by Pink Floyd. The group reportedly allowed Elfick and Greenough to use the music in their film in exchange for the use of Greenough's footage as a visual background when they performed "Echoes" in concert. This short film is known to close the documentary "Crystal Voyager" (1973).