Full size Blazing Boards surf movie poster designed by Rick Griffin in late 1984 into early 1985. Nice imprint from Surf Theater in Huntington Beach showing. Chris Bystrom, the guy who made the movie and hired Griffin to do the poster was a neat guy. He lived in the Encinitas beach town area and sold rare records to make money. Good surfer that spent time in the water riding waves at Lower Trestles with Griffin and the local gang at the time. Another super cool deal is that Bystrom used the epic Peter Green instrumental guitar masterpiece Slabo Day as part of the movie soundtrack…great call. We miss Chris and we miss Griff.
Poster is a strong Griffin image and the printing is real nice. The art shows a surfer carving a track across the globe with his suitcase in hand. Rick came up with that idea when Chris told him there would be film in the movie that was shot at surf spots in various parts of the world, especially Australia.
Condition is very nice as can be seen in image. Guaranteed original old 1985 surf movie poster printed to advertise showing of the movie. The list of great surfers featured in this film are on the poster and represent some time period of the film.
NOTE - PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE EMAILING QUESTIONS OR BUYING THIS ITEM:
1) In this Ebay store, I will be listing various paper items featuring the art of Rick Griffin. These items were collected by my dad, Gordon McClelland, who is an avid collector of historical paper items and fine art. He has great respect for the art of Rick Griffin; so he carefully stored these items, which means most are in mint or near mint condition.
2) That said, some items became brittle or age-toned over the years. This was of course out of his control. Actually in most cases that was planned. Griffin often selected mat (non-glossy) paper, with a rough tooth. Usually this was very cheap paper that he said reminded him of the construction paper he drew on as a kid. The printers told him that the prints would deteriorate rapidly and get brown like old newspapers, but he thought that was cool and wanted them to look like that. Consequently, some items are brittle and have brown toning to the paper. Those items with the poor quality paper will be clearly noted.
3) In some cases, I will have multiples for sale and in other cases there are only a few or individual items available.
4) For many years, my dad worked directly with Griffin. A number of the items I am selling were published in the 1970's and early 1980's when he and Griffin together operated a poster and print company named the California Graphic Exchange. The company was located in Corona Del Mar and Santa Ana and was set up primarily to sell prints, posters, and original art produced by Rick Griffin. They sold these items through mail order catalogs, at the San Diego and Berkley Comic Cons. Additionally, they sold through poster shops including Ben Friedman’s Postermat in San Francisco and The Print Mint in Berkeley.
5) Additional information will appear in the description section of each item for sale.