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World Surfing Champion Kelly Slater’s Surfboard

Kelly Slater, a supernaturally talented pro surfer from Cocoa Beach, Florida, has reinvented virtually every aspect of high-performance surfing. “his competitive statistics numb the brain” world champion Shaun Tomson said of Slater,…

CSMApril 9, 2019

Archive Exhibits

A Brief History of Surfboards: Wood, Foam to Fiberglass

Beginning with wooden plank surfboards reminiscent of surfing’s roots in Polynesia, the exhibit follows surfboard evolution through the foam and fiberglass advances, the shortboard revolution, to surfboards being ridden by today’s champions.…

CSMApril 9, 2019

Current Exhibits

Body Surfing and Handplanes

In the 15th century, Leonardo da Vinci experimented with various devices to improve the human physical condition: wings, vehicles and swim fins. At the same time, Hawaiians were leaving petroglyphic records of…

CSMApril 9, 2019

Archive Exhibits

Surfing and Pop Culture

A display of just a few of the commercial products (from Monopoly to Barbie to comic books) that have used surfing to sell more product. After the unexpected success of the film…

CSMApril 9, 2019

Stories

Who Invented the Foam Surfboard

"Grubby" Clark. Clark Foam 1970's - Surfer Mag photo. A key turning point in surfing history was the invention and commercial introduction of the foam/fiberglass surfboard, replacing the earlier boards, which were…

CSMApril 6, 2019

Archive Exhibits Stories

Reflections of Tom Keck

Tom Keck started shooting surfing in California in the 1950s – and he’s still at it! To quote Tom: “Not daily now, but some surfing and events, and interesting people. I always…

CSMDecember 5, 2018

Stories

Al Gallant: Surf Wax-ing Nostaglic

Alfred “Al” Gallant Jr. was born in Los Angeles in 1918, nowhere near the ocean, but with an inner compass that led him to the sea and kept him close to it…

CSMApril 2, 2018

Stories

Marge Calhoun – Surfing’s Golden Girl – 1924-2017

Marge Booth Calhoun was born in Hollywood in 1924 and raised in the pristine California that only her generation knew. Open spaces, clean, clear air, wide beaches -all invited daredevil exploration, and…

CSMFebruary 24, 2013

Stories

California Surf Museum: An Overview

The California Surf Museum serves as an international repository and resource center on the lifestyle sport of surfing by capturing, preserving, and chronicling its art, culture and heritage for the education and…

CSMMarch 4, 2019

CALIFORNIA SURF MUSEUM STORIES

World Surfing Champion Kelly Slater’s Surfboard

A Brief History of Surfboards: Wood, Foam to Fiberglass

Body Surfing and Handplanes

Surfing and Pop Culture

Who Invented the Foam Surfboard

Reflections of Tom Keck

Al Gallant: Surf Wax-ing Nostaglic

Marge Calhoun – Surfing’s Golden Girl – 1924-2017

California Surf Museum: An Overview

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