HOW THE CALIFORNIA KID CHANGED SURFING FOREVER

[@philipburan6136]

He ain't heavy he's my brother .. we were blessed with loving supporting parents who gave us the life skills to dream and achieve. The best surf stories we share today are how we have to drive home in our wetsuits to have our wives help us get out of them. Stoked to see this well made Doc. Growing up in Carlsbad in the 70's was truly a blessing !

[@RealSurfStories]

You are a huge part of his story. 🙌

[@dinorichetti]

I was forever changed after hearing Joey's testimony, I recommended checking it out to all that view's the California Kids story. God Bless to all.

[@Headlands_CalvaryChapel]

Joey has been a tremendous blessing for so many people for so many years. Glad to see this come through.

[@surfshack2]

I remember always looking at my brother’s surf mags because of the chicks in the ads (I didn’t surf at the time) , this was like 1982 and Joey Buran was the one surfer that stood out to me because he always had that genuine look of a guy that was really having the time of his life surfing. I’m very happy for him that he lived his dream and won himself a Pipe Master.

[@pierretostee]

Beautiful documentary. Everyone of those surfers mentioned in that movie were and still are my heroes. Great memories.

[@tubedz101]

You were always a huge inspiration for me growing up in California during that time thank you for sharing and good on ya bro!!! 🤙

[@MrIsomer]

Great little doc you put together here TR. Brought back a TON of memories from that decade. Buran is quite the storyteller - and a worthy Pipe Master! I remember filming and surfing with all those guys, but never really got to know Buran. Loved hearing his story.

[@RealSurfStories]

Thanks Spauldo. You are one of my main filmmaking inspirations and there is a huge piece of you in every video I make. So many of these stories make up surfing history and important legacies that shall not dissolve into obscurity.

[@markdittbenner9949]

Great story....just shows you all of us are here alone at the end of the day...

[@andrewjohnson5188]

Great documentary on the California kid

[@surferdude8086]

Brings back a lot of memories and listening to Joey on K-WAVE now makes it kind of surreal.

[@robertvose7310]

Hey @joey I met you once 1 in 1982 ta south side Seal Beach, 13th Street! Was really stoked to meet you to say the least...

[@johnnapier1892]

One of surfing’s true mavericks. Thanks for the entertainment, Joey

[@georgesmith509]

I watched that guy destroy perfect waist high Venice the same year he won Pipe! Humble and amazing dude, met him again at O side jetty 20 years later and he was the exact same awesome dude! ❤ To JB!

[@pjones9088]

Fantastic story - I was fixated! Best from the Wales.

[@nextari]

Awesome piece of surfing history. Joey's a great story teller, he puts you right there. The trunks conspiracy is him making clear that he won it not by wearing the trunks right side out, but by beating the others, fair point.

[@RealSurfStories]

I love how he thinks there was some karmic relevance.

[@sunsensational]

I remember getting my first MB surfboard. Him and Joey were idols of mine.

[@caseyhansen4567]

Joey on a single fin tipping with all my favorite surfers.at the time awesome video

[@caseyhansen4567]

Ripping that is

[@steinervision7643]

Proud to be an American like the California Kid!!

[@RealSurfStories]

Proud to be a stoked surfer. That transcends flags.

[@aerlial360]

Joey was my surf coach at Billabong and no one taught me more about contest surfing than he did, however what really resonated with me is his rare combination of a super competitive guy and iron-clad faith, a tough balancing act because there's sometimes an extreme selfishness that's required to win at that level when you're competing, and separating that from how you live on land is tough for a lot of people. Joey would also give it to you straight, no kid gloves. A truly awesome human being. Thx Joey!

[@mikecarroll5853]

Joey was out at Army beach in Mokuleia and he was the only other guy going right. He asked why I didn't surf competition. I replied its not a competition. I'm glad to hear he's born again. It was a great memory that day. Epic Era.

[@RealSurfStories]

Surfing is so many different things to so many different people. For some, an art, others a discipline, and others a sport...or all of those things for some. No one can define it for the next person.

[@mosin9105]

Thanks for posting

[@tonyfoster7892]

Love Joey! Beyong his accolades as a pro surfer on the IPS, Joey was the founder of the PSAA. Later branded, The Bud Pro Tour...Go bless him and his family! I wouldn't had shunned the NSSA National Team in 1985 to turn pro if it wasn't for Joey! It was impossible for me to be a full time college student at 12 units a quarter to abide by the NSSA National Team's policy. Ask Ted Robinson and Kelly Gibson who got caught faking their college status and forced to quit the team? I was a victim of the system and had turn pro rather than participate on the NSSA National team that I had qualified to be on at age 18 going on 19...Sponsor's would hardly touch me! Even after making 19th overall as a rookie in the 1st year of the PSAA. .In 1988, I was in the main event of the OP Pro, loosing world champ Damien Hardman for an equal 17th! A year and a half later, after 5 years as a pro, I quit competing because i was tired of being broke and tired of the insane politics in surfing. I was never going to brown nose to stay in the industry like so many who are still in it today...Peace and love

[@RealSurfStories]

8:13

[@towdjumper5]

I remember watching Joey and pulling off 360s’ at a New Smyrna Beach Florida in a tournament on Ross Pell’s turf. Joey was bad azzz!

[@chrisbuckley8148]

I caught my first wave 1978. Walked down some steps at Del Mar walked around some rocks and that was our hang out for the next year

[@timhennings6955]

Wow what an amazing video and story...!! California kid!!! Thank you thank you! A great narrator and narration!!

[@DukeGibo]

When I was a kid/ grom I remember seeing him in the surf mags and thought that he shreds!

[@springfieldbearpatrol2937]

They used to run a cable Show in SoCal called Wave Watch hosted by PT. We’d all wait a whole month for the show as their wasn’t much media at the time, just magazines really. Always remember the intro had footage of Brian ripping a left in Hawaii and that would get everyone juiced.

[@RealSurfStories]

Loved Wave Watch and the energy PT brought. Also loved the intro with those bikini betties 😂

[@glenbradley1046]

Remember that LEFT off the San Clemente pier….Blazin toward “headquarters “… Rozunko…, MIDGET … you were a charger in the water…… BLESS YOU BROTHER …. Thanks for the cool times…

[@Matthew-d2y]

Hey Joey me and my mates watched you from NZ. You ripped then and you still do ... Blessings brother..

[@richiemoore9302]

This is really inspiring and the ending seemed to be just the beginning of a search. I've been on that search myself. Thanks for sharing your story.

[@hunterdavis3003]

I’ve always loved Joey

[@harmonyway09]

Tamarack was a magical place back in the day ! I remember Joey ....

[@RealSurfStories]

Epic! We had that book "Surfing California" by Bank Wright. It had nice shots of Tamarack and when we went there on our first surf trip it was like a dream.

[@GGGinJe]

@@RealSurfStories I still have an original copy of that old book. 😀✝

[@jeffhartwig5283]

Saw him in the OP Pro several times, glad to hear this story!

[@bonsummers2657]

Amazing. Truly.

[@markrosenquist8259]

R.I.P. Derek ❤️🤙

[@michaelharris5370]

Seen Joey at a night surf comp at Cronulla all those years ago the guy ripped and did three or four three sixties on one ride all the way to the sand . Cheers Joey 👍🇦🇺

[@williammartin2842]

I likely have some of those old surf magazines from the 70's with Joey Buran.

[@ApatiEktetheimenos]

We all called him Sandcrab. Carlsbad class of '76 that was...

[@lizerd0]

awesome thanks for sharing !! yea Joey

[@michaelstrauss6587]

Amen. Joey. The King of Glory is THE GLORY!

[@ScottKane-ct2lk]

Ya Joey...... Legend forsure

[@marcmelpo972]

"Marvellous Marvin" 🔥

[@connorm3457]

Carvin Marvin💪🤙

[@aquaman7356]

F..k. …this time period was my “hey day.” Ride to live, live to ride. It was magic. I absolutely would say to myself, “I could and would go out with these guys in the lineup. I lived the dream growing up in So. Cal…high school in the mid 70’s. Thanks for the memories❤

[@RealSurfStories]

Right on brother.

[@joegibbs2508]

Nice documentary about Joey and Pipeline. Great to hear it in Joey's words and voice. The thing is, there's so much more. Joey was a ball of never ending positive energy. Sure, there are people that say he was a wave hog. Well the thing is, that guy was like the energizer bunny, constantly paddling around chasing the peaks. If he caught waves you wanted, that was because he knew the ocean, and he knew where to be when the good waves came in, and he'd chase them like a warrior. I'm always amazed when I watch a beach, and people just sit on their board and wait for waves to come to them, and don't paddle and get themselves in position to be at the peak when the sets come in. Most of the time, the difference of being at the right place to take off on a wave is only a few feet. Joey's always had a great attitude and been a caring person. Great to see this video give him some of the kudos he deserves!

[@RealSurfStories]

Yes, there is SO much more! Joeys book "Beyond The Dream" is about to launch.

[@frankprantil1071]

Thank you for this video and I'm very much looking forward to 'Beyond the Dream '. Met Joey at a party at Kui Lima late Fall early winter '82-'83. He was training for pipe. I shared a loft at major underground Pipe charger Tommy Castleton's Kui Lima condo nearby. Joey was so focused, so amped. He was a ball of energy, possibly the most charged up person I've ever met. My sweet girlfriend Jeanie introduced to me Joey that night. We talked briefly, shook hands as he was heading for the door said he had to leave early and get in his sleep, --"I'm training for Pipe". It was 8pm. The neat thing about surfing North Shore as a teenager while attending a local nearby college back then was how uncrowded it was, and not just surfing the great waves but the whole experience. Thank you God, and Thank you Mark Lee!!

[@rastagideon8236]

I used to surf Tamarack living off Chinquapin.

[@fronts3165]

I remember a little documentary about this same story, on TV in SD. I don’t remember it including the bit about the trophy taken back by da Hui. Oh well, pipe belongs to the Hawaiians after all. We all live and learn. ❤

[@RealSurfStories]

A lot of contests have a perpetual trophy with all the winners' names engraved on it.

[@mobsyndicate1389]

Wow so cool. So nice that he said the shaper Minami

[@ugocdf7706]

Gracias Tony No conocia esa historia d los trunks inside out.... Un clasico

[@ezrhino100]

one of the great quad fin surfers...

[@HairyBowls]

I still have my Sunset Board from 79

[@leonardvelasquez4162]

GOD is good!!

[@WS_00]

Is that the same god that apparently flooded the earth pretty much killing all air breathing organisms?

[@Singlefinsurfingforlife]

Sick video of Joey use to see him at tamarack and David made me a couple eggs when I was a kid

[@RealSurfStories]

RAD! Joey the eternal source of inspiration and D Barr rules!!

[@SoCalSurfer69]

I remember that pipe masters!

[@rodneysmart9774]

2:20 Dan Merkel throwing shade.

[@natecharp9604]

8 sec barrel redondo n b wall

[@marcshelstead5355]

Joey came at talked at oak crest Jr high enc 81 or 82 epic fired all us groms up good story

[@RealSurfStories]

Dude is always giving back 🙌

[@bonefishboards]

Big Rock local, right?

[@FrankP-k3b]

Carlsgood

[@rayvelasco2059]

Most Excellent ¿

[@tomconrad8017]

Joey was a Cali favorite b4 Curran (I'd never heard of TC) so b4 their heat in San Diego I said 2 Joey: you got this newby. Oops Oops Oops

[@auggiedog3]

Barr clip was actually DBarr's little brother Paul.

[@MrJoebn3]

Da crab!😂

[@mikeockslong5409]

JJF looks a lot like him😮

[@theway3058]

Jesus is Lord.

[@wilburkookmeyer024]

I'll just pretend I didnt see the dancing and enjoy the rest 😂

[@daveg5045]

Had to turn songs off

[@Swayzeo]

🤙🏼

[@chrisculley3756]

Haha. Im catching bombs and getting shacked. Love it. What a freaking lineup. Lopez, russel, lary blair. Now ive got to watch the finals 78 pipe masters. RLTW 3/75

[@ironphil62]

👍🍺

[@bonsummers2657]

Brian Bulkley

[@Paul11B2P]

🤙🏽

[@michaeldolash387]

JESUS IS LORD

[@granta3044]

Lord of the rings😂😂😂

[@johnhagan582]

YES HE MOST CERTAINLY IS .AND I AM SO THANKFUL FOR IT

[@zanekaidevi]

surfed around him at Tamarack a few times in '81-'84, first impression was arrogant, entitled crybaby as were 2nd, 3rd and every other impression...and so much more! pretty much negated any positive from his surfing skill

[@auggiedog3]

Super egocentric

[@Tscaperock]

Nice to have had rich parents!

[@RealSurfStories]

Irrelevant. Poor kids have risen to the top and this guy did it on his own- and inspired multiple generations in the process.

[@IndialanticRob]

John 3:16

[@Steve-hs5le]

Joey was a mouthy little take every wave punk in the water. From little punk to Pastor go figure😂

[@SoulDaddy33]

Kinda like Joel Tudor?

[@AaronNolan-p1o]

Whadya mean was!? Can’t even finish watching it, he’s so annoying .Sounds like he just blasted a bag of ether wash pure….and the fact he puts himself in the historical league as Occy and Carroll😂😂😂

[@davidscott5131]

Chris O'Rourke was better and he was a Big Rock local. Beach breaks suck, WindanSea is King

[@RealSurfStories]

🍎🍏🍊🍊

[@Brigitbe]

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