Modern Australian

four decades between surfing and myth making

  • Written by Alfio Leotta, Senior Lecturer, Victoria University of Wellington
four decades between surfing and myth makingJohn Milius’ film Big Wednesday was one of the most authentic depictions of Californian surfers during the 1960s and 1970s.from www.shutterstock.com, CC BY-SA

Over the last 40 years, John Milius’ surf cult movie, Big Wednesday (1978), has made a mark on global popular culture. It inspired the names of things as disparate as the weekly...