VLVL(6) Ch 11 Commentary

[Jeremy Osner]

Peter Petto wrote:
> It turns out that The College of the Surf is
> not an institution of learning at all, but a land developer's elaborate
> scam, soon to become cliffside vacation units.
>

and later: 
> I'm a little confused about the surfers at The College of the Surf. They
> seem to be a group distinct from the students. Why is the place naming a
> plaza and a lab after Dewey Weber and Greg Noll, if it finds surfer culture
> to be so seedy?
> 

Here's an idea: The College of the Surf is an early example of
the 60's kounterkultur being koopted. The developers begind TCotS
like the romantic image of surferdom (like say, the republicans
like the Beach Boys) but not the seedy surfers.