Special guests are the colorful, unique individuals of the Tuesday Morning Gang. These old-school waterman are stepping right out of the pages of their just released book to gather here at our…
One thing I was not expecting, was that cool rush of wind that sweeps across your face as you watch a peeling wave pass by in front of you. I guess broken…
“Surfing is not about one person, it’s not about me, or you. it is about us. It is about bringing people together and sharing the stoke, the Aloha. It is Ohana.” —…
CSM is proud to feature 14-year-old Hunter Pochop as our current grom in the Making Waves display area. The sport of surfing has its share of teens who take to the ocean…
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…
“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…
Robert “Nat” Young was born in 1947 in Sydney, Australia. He began surfing at age 10. Six years later, he won the open division of the 1963 Australian Invitational Surfing Championships, as…
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…
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…