William Sharp began taking surfing photographs in southern California in the early seventies.
Back in the Day features hundreds of Sharps astounding photos from this era, the.
During the next five years he documented the meteoric rise of the movement, capturing thousands of photographs along the way.
By 1975 he was brought in as a staff photographer for the magazine Skateboard World. and was quickly drawn into the nascent skateboard scene, shooting friends emulating surfing moves on pavement.
William Sharp began taking surfing photographs in southern California in the early seventies