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3rd Annual A.R. Gurrey Jr. Surf Photography Competition Results ~Joel T. Smith, author of The Illustrated Atlas of Surfing History In an effort to encourage creative and marketable skills related to photography,…

2nd Annual A.R. Gurrey Jr. Surf Photography Competition ~Joel T. Smith, author of The Illustrated Atlas of Surfing History In an effort to encourage creative and marketable skills related to photography, the…

John Heath “Doc” Ball 1907-2001 Doc Ball, a Los Angeles-area dentist and avid surfer, was one of the first photographers to seriously document the sport, using a waterproof box system that he…

It can be said that something becomes “magical” by its effect and the resulting charmed condition it imbues upon the beholder. The term has often been applied to describing certain surfboards.