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Surfing Heritage Vintage Surf Auction • Sat, May 11!!!
CLICK HERE to watch the entire auction online now,CLICK HERE to see the Live Auction results, andCLICK HERE to see event photos on our Facebook page!Randy Rarick talking up the ultra-clean 1967 Weber...
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John Van Hamersveld Book Signing and Q&A
50 Years of Graphic Design by John Van HamersveldThanks to John Van Hamersveld and Alida Post, to Bolton Colburn, and to Primo Beer and Longboard Vineyards wines!John Van Hamersveld (born 1941,...
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San Onofre Exhibit at Casa Romantica
Casa Romantica Hosts 2013 Coast Culture ExhibitionSan Onofre, Birthplace of Southern California Beach CultureJune 23 – August 25In collaboration with the Surfing Heritage & Culture Center, and the...
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Grain Surfboard Building Class at SHACC · Jul 31-Aug 3
Build your own wooden board with GrainWe had such a great response to our last class held back in February, that we're doing it again. The boys from Grain are doing a West Coast tour and will be doing...
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SHACC Limited Edition Portfolio Available Now!
The California Gold Edition Portfolio is currently on display in our rotating exhibit space.The California Gold Edition Portfolio of ten classic surf photos is being exclusively offered by Surfing...
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New "Collectibles" Section on Our Website
This is a section that you'll want to check back with since the items will vary and there may be only one or a few of. Prices do not include shipping and items will be available on a first-come,...
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Swingin' Tikis' Surfing Heritage Fundraiser
SHF Founder Dick Metz, Board President Bob Mardian, and Swingin' Tikis Dominic TucciA huge THANK YOU to Dominic and the Swingin' Tikis for a wonderful event! A great time was had by all the attendees,...
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Vicki William's Balsa Kivlin Semi Gun
Vicki Flaxman (Williams–she is married to Van Williams, TV’s Green Hornet) was one of a handful of female Malibu surfers back in the late 1940s-early 1950s, along with Claire Cassidy, Aggie Bane...
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San Onofre, Easter 1944
Left to right - John Biehl, Ken Haygood, Jack "Woody" Ekstrom, and Brian Smith, sitting in the shallows at San Onofre on Easter in 1944. Surfing slowed way down during this period—the war years—with...
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Dewey Weber Exhibit
Exhibit Now ClosedThe much-anticipated biography of flamboyant surfing legend Dewey Weber (1938-1993) is the inspiration for an exhibition at Surfing Heritage Foundation. The exhibition, Little Man On...
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Pristine Dana Point
Here's a shot of "Killer Dana" on more of a perfect rather than killer day, back before the harbor, piers, or any other man-made obstructions. They say the diving was "killer" too!This is a slightly...
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A Pat Curren Spear
Dick Metz with the Pat Curren gun. Dick drove to Santa Barbara to pick this board up.If you've been up to The Endless Summer Bar at the Santa Barbara harbor and eyed the Pat Curren gun, you already...
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Harry Chandler and the Surfing Chandler Family
This evening, Thursday February 21 at 7 p.m., Harry Chandler will talk and present slides and film clips on the surfing history of the Chandler family, and from his book, Dreamers in Dream City. The...
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Hollow Wood Surfboard Building Class at Surfing Heritage
Surfing Heritagehas partnered with Grain Surfboards to offer a class on how to create your very own, hand built, hollow wooden surfboard. The 4-day board building class will take place here in San...
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1926 Waikiki
Click on the image to enlargeMy dad was 7 1/2 when the photos were taken - his name was Robert John (Bob) Brooks. He was an only child and lived in Chicago with his mom and dad. The family took a...
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Grain Surfboard Building Class at SHACC · Jul 31-Aug 3
Build your own wooden board with GrainWe had such a great response to our last class held back in February, that we're doing it again. The boys from Grain are doing a West Coast tour and will be doing...
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Vicki William's Balsa Kivlin Semi Gun
Vicki Flaxman (Williams–she is married to Van Williams, TV’s Green Hornet) was one of a handful of female Malibu surfers back in the late 1940s-early 1950s, along with Claire Cassidy, Aggie Bane...
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San Onofre, Easter 1944
Left to right - John Biehl, Ken Haygood, Jack "Woody" Ekstrom, and Brian Smith, sitting in the shallows at San Onofre on Easter in 1944. Surfing slowed way down during this period—the war years—with...
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Dewey Weber Exhibit
Exhibit Now ClosedThe much-anticipated biography of flamboyant surfing legend Dewey Weber (1938-1993) is the inspiration for an exhibition at Surfing Heritage Foundation. The exhibition, Little Man On...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Pristine Dana Point
Here's a shot of "Killer Dana" on more of a perfect rather than killer day, back before the harbor, piers, or any other man-made obstructions. They say the diving was "killer" too!This is a slightly...
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