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- ↑ Surfline | Pat O'Connell (September 26, 1971-)
- ↑ Baker, Candice (March 25, 2009). "Surfers' Hall of Fame names its 2009 inductees". Huntington Beach Independent. Retrieved March 30, 2009.
- ↑ "Surfing great to be inducted into Hall of Fame". Orange County Register. 2009-05-01. Retrieved 2023-10-26.
- ↑ The Endless Summer 2 (1994) Director: Bruce Brown
- ↑ The Endless Summer Revisited (2000) Dana Brown
- ↑ Chasing Dora (2006) Thomas Joseph Barrack III & Wes Brown