Children of the Sun

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!

Cast

George Greenough

as Self

Dave Kennings

as Self

Bob McTavish

as Self

Wayne Parkes

as Self

Kevin Platt

as Self

Ted Spencer

as Self

Peter Telling

as Narrator

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