Big wave surfboards and photos of where they are being ridden around the world.
CSMSeptember 10, 2020
Simmons Airplane Wing Construction Technique by John Giles (Aug. 13, 1923 – July 12, 2010) as told to Larry Balma in 2009 When Bob Simmons and I were building these boards, I…
CSMMarch 29, 2020
“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.” —…
CSMApril 7, 2019
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…
CSMMarch 5, 2020
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
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…
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
