A surfing cult calling itself

The Church of the Latter Day Surf

flourished in the 1970s, particularly in Bend, Oregon, USA.

The story must be told, and this is where it probably will be told first. I was there when it was happening, and took an interest in it, collecting a full set of their Tsunami! newsletters.

Those, and other random historical materials will be made available here in pdf format some day.

According to their vision -- inscribed in the Revelations of St. Eddie -- an unbelievably large tsunami will carry all the faithful surfers to the new Surf City in Utah. Faithful surfers are those who don't get caught with their boards down: they go on surfari regularly, and keep their boards waxed and ready.

T
he Three Sisters, dormant volcanoes in the Cascade Range, will erupt, while the One True Wave crests, forms a righteous tube which, even a surfer as naieve as a babe will be able surf all the way to Surf City, with strong enough faith.

“A little faith is better than a big board.”

Holiday greeting card c. 1978

“Out of the humping tube rode the gross thousand.” ~Revelations of St. Eddie

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