A fourth-generation Californian, John Engle lives in longboard whiz Antoine Delpero's hometown Marseille, in Southern France. He is a professor of literature and film at the Université de Toulon, where he's written on subjects as diverse as 18th century education, contemporary poetry, and time travel in cinema. He is the author of Surfing in the Movies: A Critical History (2015, McFarland). When John was a little kid, his dad took him to Hermosa Beach to see his first surf movie, Search for Surf, personally presented by the Bull himself, Greg Noll.
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