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In Memoriam

Eulogy of Patrick O’Connor

By Bob Shoecraft Taken from Pat’s 2007 Application to the Surfer’s Walk of Fame. My name is Pat O’Connor. I grew up in Hermosa Beach and consider it my hometown. There has…

CSMOctober 6, 2021

Archive Events

A Tribute to Butch Van Artsdalen

Spell-binding storyteller Douglas Cavanaugh was the guest author for Big Wednesday, August 18, and he delighted the crowd with behind-the-scenes tales of how he came to write Remembering Butch. Cavanaugh, a freelance…

CSMSeptember 29, 2021

Archive Events

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun!

CSM welcomed a sizable crowd on July 21, when filmmaker Heather Hudson and author Vicky Durand combined for a terrific Big Wednesday event. Among our special guests were surfing legend Linda Benson, surfing competitor Sally…

CSMSeptember 29, 2021

Archive Events

“Women On Waves” A Huge Success

Jim Kempton’s recent book, Women on Waves, drew a constant stream of visitors to CSM on Big Wednesday, July 14. Jim was on hand to sign books throughout the evening, and many…

CSMSeptember 29, 2021

Silver Surfer

Donald Takayama – 2021 Silver Surfer – In Memory

photos: Steve Wilkings One of the greatest child phenomenon’s in surfing history, Donald Takayama saved up money from his paper route to buy a plane ticket to California while barely a teenager…

CSMSeptember 20, 2021

Silver Surfer

Tom Morey – 2021 Silver Surfer – In Celebration

To have developed the first commercial interchangeable fin system, played music drums Dizzy Gillespie, created the first polypropylene fin, mastered the ukulele, designed the wing tip Coaund Lift nose on a surfboard…

CSMSeptember 20, 2021

Silver Surfer

Joel Tudor – 2021 Silver Surfer

Sixteen years after his last WSL/ASP win, 43-year-old logging icon Joel Tudor just won the Noosa Longboard Open, the first stop of the 2020 Longboard Tour. The victory comes over 20 years…

CSMSeptember 14, 2021

Silver Surfer

Kim Mearig – 2021 Silver Surfer

Surfing since age 12, Kim Mearig was riding shapes by alpha shaper Al Merrick and competing at the amateur level by 14, often sharing the limelight with schoolmate Tom Curren. “We went…

CSMSeptember 14, 2021

Silver Surfer

Debbie Beacham – 2021 Silver Surfer

In 1980 during a warm-up session at Haleiwa, Debbie Beacham dropped into a 12-foot wave-face, and took a hard wipeout, cracking one of her ribs. Determined not to be sidelined by something…

CSMSeptember 14, 2021

Silver Surfer

Lynne Boyer – 2021 Silver Surfer

With a fiery red mane of hair, brightly airbrushed ribbon-patterned boards and an electrifying style both in big waves and small, Boyer had burst upon the competitive scene in 1975, winning the Hawaii State…

CSMSeptember 13, 2021

CALIFORNIA SURF MUSEUM STORIES

Eulogy of Patrick O’Connor

A Tribute to Butch Van Artsdalen

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun!

“Women On Waves” A Huge Success

Donald Takayama – 2021 Silver Surfer – In Memory

Tom Morey – 2021 Silver Surfer – In Celebration

Joel Tudor – 2021 Silver Surfer

Kim Mearig – 2021 Silver Surfer

Debbie Beacham – 2021 Silver Surfer

Lynne Boyer – 2021 Silver Surfer

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