The Makai board has been on display at CSM for several years. It is solid redwood, a classic Alaia shape, and its obvious age earned it a spot in the Timeline exhibit,…
It can be said that something becomes “magical” by its effect and the resulting charmed condition it imbues upon the beholder. The term has often been applied to describing certain surfboards.
In 2018, California Surf Museum volunteer Bill Schildge and staff member Jared Henderson road-tripped up the California Coast to San Francisco on a journey to bring back a legendary board. The 1952…
Bob Spickard of The Chantays, a 1960’s surf rock band, tells how they came up with the name for their number one hit “Pipeline.” The Chantays Story It all started in 1961…