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The Surfer's Stomp--the dance
Joined: Oct 18, 2010 Posts: 652 Boston, MA 
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Posted on Oct 18 2011 09:35 AM
So, is the Surfer's Stomp a specific dance? I keep reading about it, but never really seeing any description of the steps or moves or whatever. Can you find instructions on how to do the surfer's stomp like you can the twist etc? not that I'm going to start a dance revival. .. —Matt Heaton & the Electric Heaters |
Joined: Apr 29, 2010 Posts: 2469 Venice, CA 
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Posted on Oct 18 2011 10:05 AM
Matt, Insect Surfers |
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 25581 Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.
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Posted on Oct 18 2011 11:26 AM
video? —Jeff(bigtikidude) |
Joined: Jul 29, 2009 Posts: 2605 Boss Angeles, CA
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Posted on Oct 18 2011 11:41 AM
bigtikidude wrote:
Here ya go! From the film BLUE SURFARI. Even though in says 1966 the footage is from around '63 '64. At 3:40 you'll see The Blazers playing to a bunch of kids on the beach doing the Surfer Stomp! Check it out... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W20Atp9fuJI&feature=related —BOSS FINK "R.P.M." available now from DOUBLE CROWN RECORDS! |
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Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 25581 Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.
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Posted on Oct 18 2011 12:06 PM
Thanks Norm, Jeff(bigtikidude) |
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Joined: Jul 29, 2009 Posts: 2605 Boss Angeles, CA
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Posted on Oct 18 2011 12:23 PM
The Stomp is that shuffle like thing they're doing. But yes, there's a bit of Watusi in there too! BOSS FINK "R.P.M." available now from DOUBLE CROWN RECORDS! |
Joined: Sep 02, 2006 Posts: 3166 Denver, CO
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Posted on Oct 18 2011 03:02 PM
Thanks. I've been interested in this, though for all practical purposes I am footdeaf. Moving feet all look the same to me. In fact, after watching anyone dance for a while I become extremely depressed, like a rat who can't figure out which button the other rats are pressing to get a treat. |
Joined: May 25, 2006 Posts: 537
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Posted on Oct 18 2011 04:39 PM
^A Haunting We Will Go-Go contains the diagrams for learning the Ghastly Stomp!(included in the cd booklet) Or maybe you're more suited for The Alligator? — |
Joined: Aug 31, 2009 Posts: 352 The Ranch, CO |
Posted on Oct 18 2011 04:48 PM
I was just watching this last night! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGH9pmbBJOg Michael Z. Gordon talks about how the song Surfers Stomp came about in the replys. "I don't know if you're aware of this but we went down to Balboa and we saw the kids dancing, I asked what they were doing and they said, "the Surfer's Stomp". At that time, there was no song with that name so I went home and wrote the song and we recorded it a week later on our own label called Union Records.. Next thing I knew, the record was being played all over the West Coast so i quit my job and took my band out on the road to promote the record & toured for the next 5 years." Here is the scene from Surf Party where the kids are doing the Surfer's Stomp he refers to. "Maybe there aren't any surf bands; there's only surf music?" Tuck Last edited: Oct 20, 2011 10:19:34 |
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Joined: Jul 29, 2009 Posts: 2605 Boss Angeles, CA
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Posted on Oct 18 2011 05:54 PM
BeachBumScott wrote:
20 seconds into this clip look for Malibu Surfing Legend Miki Dora in the white short sleeve shirt with a dark center stripe. BOSS FINK "R.P.M." available now from DOUBLE CROWN RECORDS! |
Joined: Sep 27, 2008 Posts: 1149 Damascus, Maryland
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Posted on Oct 18 2011 06:01 PM
This is why I love this place!!!!!!!!!
Will "You're done, once you're a surfer you're done. You're in. It's like the mob or something. You're not getting out." - Kelly Slater |
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Joined: Oct 18, 2010 Posts: 652 Boston, MA
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Posted on Oct 18 2011 07:09 PM
Damn! Ask and you shall receive! Those diagrams are priceless. There really should be a revival--when's the last time there was a good dance craze? —Matt Heaton & the Electric Heaters |
Joined: Feb 18, 2010 Posts: 260 Lake Forest, CA
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Posted on Oct 18 2011 09:46 PM
Ok so here's something I've been wondering for a while: what constitutes a "stomp" in the musical sense? In some Phil Dirt review he claimed a song with "stomp" in the title was not in the "stomp style". What does this mean, exactly? —Hot Summer Comes Again! |
Joined: Mar 15, 2011 Posts: 8528 Back in Piitsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I grew up.
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Posted on Oct 18 2011 10:26 PM
Probably the most recognised song is Stompin' at the Savoy. The dance was the Lindy Hop. The first vid shows the Lindy Hop. The stills in the second vid tie the dance to the song. If you watch the dance long enough, you'll see some real stompin'. Probably the most recognised song is Stompin' at the Savoy. The dance was the Lindy Hop. The first vid shows the Lindy Hop. The stills in the second vid tie the dance to the song. If you watch the dance long enough, you'll see some real stompin'. EDIT! This probably has to be my worst post ever, but I was trying to be silly. This is Noel. Reverb's at maximum an' I'm givin' 'er all she's got. Last edited: Sep 07, 2013 11:18:55 |
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 5306 the outer banks of north carolina
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Posted on Oct 19 2011 07:04 AM
Tuck wrote:
you and i would make perfect dance partners |
Joined: Jan 25, 2007 Posts: 1568 Brighton UK
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Posted on Oct 20 2011 11:25 AM
Jon and the Nightriders used to give out fliers with the instructions for doing the surfer's stomp. I kinow this, because John brought one over for me when Dead Man's Curve supported the Nightriders in London in the late 1990's. I still have it. — |
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Joined: Sep 02, 2006 Posts: 3166 Denver, CO
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Posted on Oct 20 2011 04:48 PM
Sounds like a good idea to me. It seems like even those who can dance seem a little puzzled at times. Mostly people swing dance to songs that fit and sit the others out. As I am always sitting, I have time to notice this. |
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Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 5306 the outer banks of north carolina
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Posted on Oct 20 2011 05:37 PM
post instructions for the stomp at all shows, it might get more ladies to the shows and out on the dance floor — |
Joined: Sep 09, 2008 Posts: 3158 Guildford England 
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Posted on Sep 07 2013 09:28 AM
Legend has it that Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols invented the Pogo dance craze in the mid 1970s but in this early 1960s Dick Dale footage I can clearly see the audience pogoing. Can anyone explain this please. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7svj3o055KE Last edited: Sep 07, 2013 09:30:29 |
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Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 25581 Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.
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Posted on Sep 07 2013 12:26 PM
Teens hopped up on too muck cocacola —Jeff(bigtikidude) |
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