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Baler

A surf shop in the Philippines town Baler, where some surfing scenes from Apocalypse Now were filmed.

How Francis Ford Coppola helped bring surfing to the Philippines

Culture

Part of “Apocalypse Now” was filmed in the Philippines town of Baler. And as the story goes, when the film crew left, they left behind their surfboards, starting a new surfing culture there.

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