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The Shape of Things – The Dick Brewer Story

The Shape of Things – The Dick Brewer Story chronicles the colorful and controversial, legendary surfboard designer Dick Brewer.

CSMOctober 10, 2024

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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

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California Surf Museum Nominated Again for 10Best

California Surf Museum Nominated Again for USA TODAY 2024 10Best Readers’ Choice Award! We were thrilled when last year we made it to #2 in voting for "Best Attraction for Sports Fans"…

TaraSeptember 15, 2024

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‘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

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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

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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

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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

Archive Exhibits Stories

2nd Annual AR Gurrey Jr. Surf Photography Competition

2nd 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…

CSMJune 3, 2024

Stories

The Shape of Things – The Dick Brewer Story

Looking Back at the American Pickers

California Surf Museum Nominated Again for 10Best

‘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!

Guy Motil’s CSM Donation

1st Annual AR Gurrey Jr. Surf Photography Competition

3rd Annual AR Gurrey Jr. Surf Photography Competition

2nd Annual AR Gurrey Jr. Surf Photography Competition

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