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John Lamb is a film producer/director, animator, and artist. John has been called "the most famous unknown surf artist in the world". From surf culture animation, to skateboards, to an Academy Award, Lamb's work has consistently been in the public eye since the 1970s.
In the early '70s, Lamb's animation was seen in many seminal surf movies, such as "5 Summer Stories". Lamb even created the first "aerial maneuver" on film through his surf character "Willie Maykett" in the animated short "Secret Spot", featured in the surf documentary "Forgotten Island of Santosha".
In 1975 "Willie Maykett" was licensed by Hang Ten; the artwork was featured on their first fiberglass skateboards, which can be seen in this 1975 NBC newscast on the new skateboarding phenomenon.
Most recently, "Secret Spot" was honored by the California Surf Museum in Oceanside, Ca. with a dedicated mural, hand painted by Lamb with a bigger than life wave scene and classic Lamb-style tikis, palm trees, hot rods and the iconic Secret Spot surfer. Co-created with Brett Hazzard, Lamb's "Secret Spot" installation is an outdoor event, host to openings, premiers and surf events of all types at the groundbreaking museum. See the mural's start and sky-bending finish on YouTube.
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