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Never mind the Beach Boys, Dick Dale or the sand stomping legends of the surf guitar. Chairman Of The Board brings together alternative, underground sounds culled from infamous surf soundtracks all but lost to the genre that created them.

Boasting tracks from some of the most iconic surf films from the 1960’s and 70’s, Surf Soundtracks includes many of the ‘golden era’ surfing moments from Crystal Voyager, The Endless Summer, Innermost Limits Of Pure Fun, Morning Of The Earth, Evolution & Super Session.

From 60s beat to funky stoner rock, blues and folk, a psychedelic pulse breathed energy into giant screen sized ‘tube rides’ the directors had captured on film and as a consequence surfers had a soundtrack that beautifully reflected the barefoot roots of their lifestyle.

Over 30 years have passed since this golden era and many of these soundtracks have been lost to the mists of time until now.

Compiled by Rowan Chernin, a founding editor of Loaded, he was the magazine’s Music and Clubs Editor during the hedonistic days of 90’s Brit Pop and superclub culture. Chairman Of The Board brings these gems to the surface once more.

• Upwards of 250,000 budding surfers will take lessons this year,with some 85,000 doing so for the first time. Approx 25,000 of those will take surfing lessons in Newquay this summer.

• Newquay Boardmasters event (6th-12th August) attracts upwards of 10,000's people each year and is the biggest official event in the UK surfing calendar http://www.ripcurlboardmasters.com

• In the spring of 2005 in association with The Barbican Rowan Chernin produced a short sell-out cult surf film festival and live cinematic mix event with Death In Vegas and Flat E Visuals.