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Looking Back at the American Pickers

With the passing of American Pickers’ Frank Fritz on September 30, we recall the time he and Mike Wolfe came to the California Surf Museum. Was Frank a surfer? Not before he…

CSMOctober 7, 2024

Archive Events

Silver Skater Awards 2024

Presented by the California Surf Museum and the Skateboarding Hall of Fame, the Silver Skater Awards - Rolling From the '60s Into the '70s ceremony was held on Saturday, August 24, 2024…

CSMSeptember 7, 2024

Stories

‘X-FILES’ CREATOR CHRIS CARTER NAMED HONORARY CHAIRMAN OF THE CALIFORNIA SURF MUSEUM’S NOVEMBER 2nd GALA FUNDRAISER

Oceanside, CA — The California Surf Museum (CSM) is pleased to announce that Chris Carter, distinguished television and film writer/producer and creator of the now legendary TV series “The X-Files,” will serve…

CSMSeptember 6, 2024

Stories

San Onofre State Park Gets New 25-Year Lease Extension

This latest announcement means San O is safe, at least for another few decades. “California just signed a new deal with our federal partners to keep San Onofre open as a state…

CSMSeptember 6, 2024

Stories

Caitlin Simmers: Petite Powerhouse!

“Being a girl does not make me feel like it is harder to excel.” - Caity Around the age of 10, Oceanside’s Caitlin Simmers caught the attention of local surfers and the…

CSMAugust 30, 2024

Archive Exhibits

Stars Cars and Guitars

Grand Opening event on Sunday, June 9, 2024, this “blast from the past” exhibit demonstrates how, in less than a decade, from the years from 1958 to 1965, surfing related elements came…

CSMJune 5, 2024

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Stars Cars and Guitars Exhibit Overview

CSMJune 5, 2024

Stories

Guy Motil’s CSM Donation

If, in the 1950s and 1960s you had a Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays or Hank Aaron baseball card, or in the 1980s or 1990s you had a few choice Nolan Ryan cards,…

CSMMay 7, 2024

Archive Events Stories

1st Annual AR Gurrey Jr. Surf Photography Competition

1st 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…

CSMNovember 20, 2024

Archive Exhibits Stories

3rd Annual AR Gurrey Jr. Surf Photography Competition

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,…

CSMJune 6, 2025

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Looking Back at the American Pickers

Silver Skater Awards 2024

‘X-FILES’ CREATOR CHRIS CARTER NAMED HONORARY CHAIRMAN OF THE CALIFORNIA SURF MUSEUM’S NOVEMBER 2nd GALA FUNDRAISER

San Onofre State Park Gets New 25-Year Lease Extension

Caitlin Simmers: Petite Powerhouse!

Stars Cars and Guitars

Stars Cars and Guitars Exhibit Overview

Guy Motil’s CSM Donation

1st Annual AR Gurrey Jr. Surf Photography Competition

3rd Annual AR Gurrey Jr. Surf Photography Competition

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