Bruce Brown, whose 'Endless Summer' turned surfing into a cultural phenomenon, dies at 80
LOS ANGELES - On a tight budget and with an armful of surfboards, Bruce Brown helped introduce America to surfing with a story of two friends galloping around the world, in chase of the perfect wave.
Though it was considered a longshot at best by distributors, there was something about "The Endless Summer" that resonated with audiences from New York City to Santa Monica, marking a cultural turning point for a sport - a lifestyle, Brown and others insisted - that had been largely viewed as a mind-numbing distraction for
