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Surf Riot

By Nick Waplington, Little Big Man, Los Angeles, 2011. Limited edition of 300 copies. One of 200 copies signed by Waplington and numbered. Original edition, text in English. Unpaginated (40 pages). large format : 40 x 29 cm. Condition : Excellent.

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“On the last days of August 1996, I woke up late and turned on the news. An Aeromecixo DC9 had collided with a light aircraft going to Big Bear for the week-end. Both aircraft dropped from the sky onto residential Cerritas near Huntington Beach, just south of Los Angeles, killing all those onboard both planes – plus a number of unlucky enough to be at home that Labor Day morning.

I got dressed quickly as it would take a while to drive from Santa Monica to Huntington Beach, where I had been planning to watch the OP Surf Pro Championships. When I arrived, all hell was breaking loose…

“Hundreds of youths went on a rampage in Huntington Beach on Sunday afternoon, pelting police officers with rocks and bottles, storming a large lifeguard station and overturning and burning police vehicles. Police said at least 12 people were injured, including five Huntington Beach officers and one Orange County sheriff’s deputy. Thirteen people were arrested but scores of youth who threw bottles at officers or took part in the destruction escaped in the confusion […] I had one roll of 24 exposures, I made 25 pictures. They are this book”.