Growing up in La Jolla , California, Jeff Divine began taking pictures of his fellow surfers in his hometown during the 1960s and got to know the original alternative sport before the mainstream media blew it up into the the commercial kingdom it has now come to be.
His work took him to a staff position in 1971 with Surfer magazine where he would begin the first of some 37 annual trips to the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii and numerous worldwide trips to the best surfing destinations . He served as photo editor for Surfer and the Surfer’s Journal for 35 years.
Divine has one of the largest archives of surf photography that exists from 1970-2009. And here are some of his work from the 1970s.
Black’s Beach, La Jolla, San Diego, California, 1971Contest, Huntington Beach, California, 1971Contest, Huntington Beach, California, 1971Laguna Beach, California, 1971Laguna Canyon, California, 1971Pipeline, Oahu, Hawaii, 1971Pipeline, Oahu, Hawaii, 1971Pipeline, Oahu, Hawaii, 1971Rocky Point, Oahu, Hawaii, 1971Sunset Beach, Oahu, Hawaii, 1971Sunset Beach, Oahu, Hawaii, 1971Windansea, La Jolla, San Diego, California, 1971Black’s Beach, La Jolla, San Diego, California, 1972La Jolla Shores, California, 1972La Jolla, California, 1972Lower Trestles, San Clemente, California, 1972Sunset Cliffs, Point Loma, San Diego, California, 1972Velzyland Beach, Hawaii, 1972La Jolla, California, 1973Pipeline, Oahu, Hawaii, 1973Ehukai Beach Park, Oahu, Hawaii, 1974Honolua Bay, Maui, Hawaii, 1974Honolulu, Hawaii, 1974North Shore, Oahu, Hawaii, 1974Pipeline, Oahu, Hawaii, 1974Pipeline, Oahu, Hawaii, 1974Pipeline, Oahu, Hawaii, 1974Pipeline, Oahu, Hawaii, 1974Pipeline, Oahu, Hawaii, 1974Pipeline, Oahu, Hawaii, 1974Rocky Point, Oahu, Hawaii, 1974Sunset Beach, Oahu, Hawaii, 1974Waimea Bay, Oahu, Hawaii, 1974Honolulu, Hawaii, 1975Sunset Beach, Oahu, Hawaii, 1975Competitors, Oahu, Hawaii, 1976Rocky Point, Oahu, Hawaii, 1976Waimea Bay, Oahu, Hawaii, 1976Pipeline, Oahu, Hawaii, 1977San Onofre Parking Lot, California, 1978Cardiff Reef, California, 1979
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