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John W. Orland

Los Angeles, California

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John Orland moved from Philadelphia, PA to Los Angeles, CA in 1960, in pursuit of his desire to make movies. He took small production jobs, attended evening film classes at USC, and with tireless effort and determination, became an expert in film pre-production, production and post-production....

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Just read about John Orland while reading Eddie Aikau's Wikipedia page. On February 28, 1978, John was the last person Eddie Aikau saved at Waimea Bay. Amazing that he got to live 44 more years after this! And why was I reading Eddie Aikau's Wikipedia page? Because today the Big Eddie surf competition is on in Waimea Bay.