In April, 2019 the California Surf Museum featured local phenom Zack Flores as our very first Making Waves honoree. Zack, who lives in Leucadia, was born at Scripps Hospital, Encinitas, on January…
CSMMay 26, 2019
“China Beach: Surfers, the Vietnam War, and the Healing Power of Wave-riding” is a ground-breaking exhibit consisting of photos, first-hand accounts, surfboards, and memorabilia from those who were there. The story of…
CSMApril 8, 2019
The following year Young moved up to the men’s division and placed runner-up to fellow Sydney surfer Midget Farrelly, then took second in the 1965 World Surfing Championships. Nat’s relationship with Farrelly…
CSMApril 9, 2019
The exhibit tells the story of Bethany losing her left arm to a Tiger shark while surfing at Tunnels Beach on Kauai, how she survived that attack through the help of Alana…
CSMApril 9, 2019
Eddie Aikau had the lineage of a king, and he became a modern member of Hawaii’s royal pantheon. A descendant of Hewahewa, the kahuna nui (high priest) King Kamehameha I and his…
CSMApril 9, 2019
Colorful, charismatic, headstrong, and larger-than-life, Greg Noll was born in 1937 and decided early on that being around the ocean was to be his life. When he was a youngster, the family…
CSMApril 9, 2019
The Plastic Fantastic Surfboard Company was established in 1968, and built surfboards in small factories in Hawaii and California. After 1972 they were made only in Huntington Beach, California. This mid-1970s stinger…
CSMApril 9, 2019
Although the competitive field was full of excellent surfers from seven nations, the matchup between California’s David Nuuhiwa and Australia’s Nat Young was considered as the ultimate test of both skill and…
CSMApril 9, 2019
Bob Hurley started out as a surfboard shaper in Huntington Beach in the 1970s. Throughout the years, Bob has shaped thousands of board for surfers like Wayne “Rabbit” Bartholomew, Jay Adams, Carissa…
CSMApril 9, 2019
