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New and Edited Chapters
New and edited older chapters of the LEGENDARY SURFERS collection continue to be posted, although not in the volume of days gone by. The best menu to view these and the full collection is located at:...
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LS Chapters Added 2nd Half 2022
In the second half of 2022, LEGENDARY SURFERS chapters that were added or re-issued include:Austronesians: https://legendary-surfers.blogspot.com/2022/06/polynesian-beginningsAustronesian Voyages:...
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In the first half of 2022, LEGENDARY SURFERS chapters that were added include:Surfing's Origins: https://legendary-surfers.blogspot.com/2022/02/surfings-origins.htmlChildren of The Tide:...
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LS Chapters Added Later in 2021
In the last half of 2021, LEGENDARY SURFERS chapters that were added, edited or offered free include: The Ka'iulani Board: https://legendary-surfers.blogspot.com/2021/07/the-kaiulani-board.htmlE.J....
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LS Chapters Added First Half 2021
In the first half of 2021, LEGENDARY SURFERS chapters that were added, edited or offered free include:Dora: http://www.legendarysurfers.com/2014/12/dora.htmlDa Bull: Greg Noll:...
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In the last half of 2020, LEGENDARY SURFERS chapters that were added, edited or offered free include:Surfing Year 1956: https://legendary-surfers.blogspot.com/2020/05/surfing-year-1956.htmlDorian "Doc"...
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Now, completely free in ebook format for reading and/or downloading:http://www.legendarysurfers.com/2014/12/the-malibu-board.html
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Chapters Added in Early 2020
In the first half of 2020, LEGENDARY SURFERS chapters added -- both new, edited and freed from behind a pay wall -- include:Bud Browne (1912-2008):...
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Buzzy Trent (1929-2006)
Aloha and welcome to this chapter of Legendary Surfers (Volume 5, Chapter 11) on legendary surfer Buzzy Trent.Buzzy Trent; photo by Leroy Grannis ContentsWW II Malibu & Post Era Surfing with...
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Surfing Year 1954
Aloha and welcome to the LEGENDARY SURFERS chapter on surfing as it was in 1954.Disclaimer: I've tried my best to pin-point surfing events and stories that took place in 1954, but realize there may be...
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Surfing's Revival (1900-1915)
Welcome!Long part of Volume 1 of LEGENDARY SURFERS, Surfing's Revival is back in the collection as a free, stand-alone chapter in PDF format. To read or download, please go...
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Dale Velzy (1927-2005)
Aloha and Welcome to this LEGENDARY SURFERS chapter on legendary surfer and shaper Dale Velzy.After several years lapse, this chapter -- written in 2004, just before Velzy's passing -- is once again...
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LEGENDARY SURFERS Facebook Group
Reader and Viewer Involvement in the LEGENDARY SURFERS collection takes place at our Facebook Goup. Click on the icon below to go there:https://www.facebook.com/groups/99148475798/LEGENDARY SURFERS...
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Tom Blake (1902-1994)
Aloha and Welcome. My Tom Blake chapter is one of the longest chapters in my collection and is based on the definitive Blake biography Tom Blake: The Uncommon Journey of a Pioneer Waterman, which I...
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Great Women Surfers of the Wooden Era
Aloha and Welcome to this LEGENDARY SURFERS chapter on the Great Women Surfers of The Wooden Era.Originally written in the later part of the 1990's, this work was slightly edited in 2002 and part of...
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Mike Doyle (1941-2019)
My chapter on Legendary Surfer Mike Doyle is now back in the LEGENDARY SURFERS collection at:https://legendary-surfers.blogspot.com/2019/05/mike-doyle-1941-2019.html
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Surfing Years 1952-1953
Surfing Years 1952-53Aloha and Welcome to this chapter on the high points of surfing during 1952 and 1953. What this chapter contains:1952Santa CruzBeginning 1940sDecember 7, 1941Late 1940s1950Colisko...
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Mo‘ikeha and Sons
As surfing emerged and developed in Western Polynesia between 1500 B.C. and 400 A.D.,1successive waves of Polynesian sailing expeditions explored and settled all of Polynesia.2 Double-hulled voyaging...
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"Sandwich Island Girl" Updates
There is new, additional evidence that the "Sandwich Island Girl" may have existed and surfed Asbury Park, New Jersey, in the summer of 1888. Please visit the updated chapter, especially the later...
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Nick Gabaldon (1927-1951)
I've wanted to write about Nick and add his story to the LEGENDARY SURFERS collection for a long time.Over the decades since his death, there's been a good deal of folklore added to Nick's history as a...
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