Gordie "Banjo" Model
Gordie Duane, shaping a board, April 26, 1963. Photo: LeRoy GrannisSurfing magazine published a “shapers tree” that documented our surfboard industry’s shapers up to that point in time. There were...
View ArticleSurfboard For Our Next Auction
Jim "The Genius" Phillips crafted this amazing creation for our auction. Unfortunately it wasn't finished in time, so we'll be including it in the next one, in 2015. This beauty has 13 balsa stringers...
View ArticleNearly 40 years ago
Another from the Joe Bright Collection. Ke Iki Reef, March, 1974. Can't be sure but could that be Mark Liddell and Buttons Kaluhiokalani (or maybe Larry Bertlemann) checking it out?please visit...
View ArticleCooperfish Surfboard Show
EXHIBIT OPEN THROUGH MAY 8Gene Cooper and Cooperfish Surfboards make some of the most sought-after, beautifully crafted surfboards that you'll find anywhere—if you can get your hands on one that's been...
View ArticleSurfing 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...
View ArticleJohn 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,...
View ArticleSHF Visitors
We get a wide range of visitors on any given day. Local groms, legends, pros, and a fair number from foreign lands.Carl Ekstrom and Richard Kenvin are flanked by Paul Strauch and Barry Haun. Lisa...
View ArticleThose who leave to soon...
Surfer and surfboard design legend Allan Byrne, 64, has died in a Balinese hospital after a motorcycle accident last Friday left him with a broken arm and fractured skull. AB was in Bali to compete...
View Article1926 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...
View ArticleSan 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...
View ArticleEarly Sunset Beach
You'd hardly recognize the landscape in this photo but the wave remains the same. From the collection of Bev Morgan - Sunset Beach, Hawaii 1960please visit http://www.SurfingHeritage.org
View ArticleNew "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,...
View ArticleSHACC 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...
View ArticleScreening Cyrus Sutton's "Compassing"· Fri August 23
"Compassing was a chance to take the surf trip I'd always wanted. We departed at the beginning of May and lucked into the run of south swell that slammed the west coast in 2013. Mexico is less affected...
View ArticleDewey 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 ArticlePristine 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...
View ArticleA 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...
View ArticleHarry 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...
View ArticleHollow 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...
View ArticleGrain 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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