Guide to the Phil Sauers surfing memorabilia and other materials FMST Mss 5
Finding aid prepared by Zachary Liebhaber, 2024.
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara 93106-9010
Phone Number: (805) 893-3062
special@library.ucsb.edu
2024 March 12
Title: Phil Sauers surfing memorabilia and other materials
Identifier/Call Number: FMST Mss 5
Language of Material:
English.
Contributing Institution:
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Physical Description:
0.42 Linear Feet
(1 document box)
Creator:
Sauers, Phil (1937-2022)
Date (inclusive): 1963-1967
Abstract: This collection consists of surfing memorabilia, photographs, and business records from surfer, surfboard shaper, and Hollywood
surfing technical consultant and writer Phil Sauers (1937-2022).
Physical Location: Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Use Restrictions
Property rights to the collection and physical objects belong to the Regents of the University of California acting through
the Department of Special Research Collections at the UCSB Library. All applicable literary rights, including copyright to
the collection and physical objects, are protected under Chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code and are retained by the creator
and the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns.
All requests to reproduce, quote from, or otherwise reuse collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Department
of Special Research Collections at UCSB at special@ucsb.edu. Consent is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of
California acting through the Department of Special Research Collections at UCSB as the owner of the physical items and is
not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright
owner, heir(s), or assigns. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or their assigns for permission to publish where the UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of Item], Phil Sauers surfing memorabilia and other materials, FMST Mss 5. Department of Special Research
Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Acquisition Information
Library purchase, 2023.
Scope and Content
This collection consists of surfing memorabilia, photographs, and business records from surfer, surfboard shaper, and Hollywood
surfing technical consultant and writer Phil Sauers (1937-2022). The collection documents Sauers' professional activities
as a surfing technical consultant and surfboard producer for the films
Ride the Wild Surf (1964) and
The Surfers (1965), as well as for the television show
Gidget (1965).
The materials date from 1963 to 1965, and include stickers, two magazines, proof sheets, film production records, and two
small color slides of Barbara Eden on set in Hawaii during the filming of
Ride the Wild Surf. Included among the photographs are black-and-white 8x11 inch prints of Sauers surfing.
Business records include invoices for surfboards shaped by Sauers (Surfboards by Phil) for use in
Gidget and other productions, corrrespondence between Sauers (Phil Enterprises) and Columbia Studios, Filmways TV Productions Inc.,
and photographer Tom Keck.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Surfing in motion pictures
Surfboards -- Design and construction
Surfing films -- Production and direction
Surfer photography
Records (documents)
box 1
Invoices and business correspondence between Phil Sauers (Inland Surf Shop, Downey, California) and Tom Keck (Tom Keck Photography)
1964-1965
box 1
Surfing photography
approximately 1964
Scope and Content
Black-and-white prints of Phil Sauer surfing, as well as other unidentified surfers
box 1
Order forms and business correspondence between Phil Sauers (Inland Surf Shop) and Ricky's Crazy Shirts (Waikiki, Hawaii)
1964
box 1
Business correspondence, purchase orders for surfboards, and Phil Sauers' technical consultant license agreement for television
show Gidget (Columbia Studios)
1965
box 1
Business correspondence (Phil Enterprises, Inland Surf Shop, Reynolds & Co., WHYY-TV 12, Ruth Astor)
1965-1967
box 1
"The Surfers" Filmways TV production files (Phil Enterprises, Surfboards by Phil)
1965
Scope and Content
Includes script for pilot, photgraphic proof sheets, and business correspondence
box 1
"Ride the Wild Surf" Columbia Pictures movie production files (Inland Surf Shop, Surfboards by Phil)
1963-1964
Scope and Content
Includes business correspondence, movie call sheets, fact sheets, synopses, shooting schedules
box 1
Two small color slides of Barbara Eden, behind the scenes in "Ride the Wild Surf"
1963
box 1
Two "Surf Guide" magazines
1964 September-October
