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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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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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Surfing Heritage is open from 11AM until 5PM, Mon-Sat
The exhibit is down and will be at the Inspiration show at the Grey Goose Hanger at the Queen Mary, Long Beach!CLICK HERE to order your copy of Surf To Skate online!The authors of Surf To Skate have...
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Vintage Bodyglove Wetsuit
This wetsuit was only worn once by Tom Brockmiller, who decided surfing wasn't his cup of tea. His son Brandon had the same suit but wore his to pieces, and decided Surfing Heritage was a proper final...
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Kelly May Have 11 World Titles...
13,000 and counting By Drew Kampion Sounds like an ad:Winds: 39 mphWater temp: 49Swells: 18 foot13,000 days in a row surfing (as of April 6, 2011)Dale Webster (aka “Daily Wavester”) has been surfing a...
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Lance Carson Portrait by John Durant
Photographer, John Durant, donated this amazing portrait of Malibu legend, Lance Carson at home in his other element, the shaping room. Lance's "living room", would be on the nose of a surfboard. Click...
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100 Year Old Book on Surfing
The exhibition, The Surf Riders of Hawaii, features the Gurrey family's personal edition of the book. It is being loaned by the Gurrey family for the exhibition, which will also include reproductions...
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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...
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Surfboard 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...
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Nearly 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...
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Cooperfish 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...
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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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SHF 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...
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Those 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...
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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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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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