Corky Carroll - A Surfer for President (2016)

Tracklist

01. A Surfer for President
02. Tracks of Capistrano
03. Death by Disco
04. A Casual Look
05. Semi Gunn
06. Tan Punks on Boards
07. From Pizza Towers to Defeat
09. T-Town Saturday Night
10. Late Great California Blues
11. Pipeline 2000
12. Sparkle Eyes
13. City of Fallen Angels
14. Cruzin' for Love
15. Mongo Joe

Darla Records is proud to present A Surfer for President, the surf rock cult classic originally released in 1979 on Corky Carroll's own Casual Tuna Records. Corky Carroll, who has been a showman since he began surfing professionally at 16, started his career playing music at 24 and retired from a career in professional surfing with the highest honors. Corky was put on salary by Hobie Surfboards in 1964 to become the first full time professional surfer. He won the first-ever cash-prize surfing event in 1965 and would go on to be a five-time US Surfing Champion 1966-70. His favorite achievement though, is winning Surfer Magazine's 1968 Surfer's Poll Award in which he was voted Best Surfer in the World by fans and peers.

Corky Carroll has made a dozen or so records (so far), both self-released and with backing, beginning with the lovely Hawaiiana/Californiana/Surfiana cultural artifact, Laid Back, 1971. Corky's most popular album, A Surfer for President, 1979, promoted his "fun little campaign" for POTUS - a classic Corky lark, which resulted in "more votes than most people thought possible". The single "Tan Punks on Boards" from A Surfer for President achieved gold record status - 500,000 units sold.

Corky Carroll lives with his wife, Raquel, on the beach at La Saladita, Guerero, Mexico. He records at home, surfs the world-class, reverse Malibu, 100+ yard long wave in 80 degree water every day, hosts happy surfing guests at his awesome home right on the sand and writes a hugely popular, twice weekly column for the OC Register.