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Hobie Alter
Hobart "Hobie" Alter is probably best known for his work with foam and fiberglass surfboards in the late 1950s and early '60s. But, he didn't stop there. Surf writer Scott Hulet noted in a 1997 profile...
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Teahupoo History
The history of Teahupoo, courtesy of SURFER:The history of the Teahupoo waves and surf break
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Terry "Tubesteak" Tracy (1935-2012)
Tube passed on, August 2012. Pez wrote a fine obit for him at:Terry "Tubesteak" Tracy (1935-2012) | The Surfer's Journal
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Earliest English Surf: 1890
A long-lost letter, published for the first time, reveals that the two Piikoi brothers and their English guardian went surfing at the Yorkshire resort of Bridlington in September...
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LEGENDARY SURFERS V.3: 1930s
At long last, I stopped procrastinating and finally did the technical work to make LEGENDARY SURFERS Volume 3: The 1930s ... a reality.Volume 3 is a continuation of the chronological history I have...
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LS v.3: 1930s Contents
Some words about my recently published Volume 3 of LEGENDARY SURFERS:Volume 3 covers the surfing world of the 1930s and is a continuation of the chronological history I have been working on for the...
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Prelude to the 1930s
The first chapter of LEGENDARY SURFERS Volume 3: The 1930s:The human act of riding ocean waves on flotation devices has been going on for thousands of years. We, in fact, do not know how many thousands...
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California Lesser Knowns
Lesser Known Californian SurfersMary Ann Hawkins, the outstanding woman surfer of the 1930s, mentioned some of the notable surfers of her time, focusing on one particular day at Corona del Mar, in...
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Allan Byrne (1950-2013)
Surfer and surfboard design legend Al Byrne ("AB") has passed on, after suffering injuries from a motorcycle crash in Bali. I'm collecting what others have written about him at the LEGENDARY SURFERS...
View Article"The Sound of Surf"
“The Sound of Surf” is the M.A. Thesis of Emile Marine Bogrand for the Annenberg School of Communication, published in July 29, 2011.It is a great resource that covers "surf music" from its very roots,...
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Surf Music History
Aloha and welcome to this chapter link to SURF MUSIC HISTORY.The original LEGENDARY SURFERS chapter on "Surf Music" covering primarily the 1960's is at:...
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"Encyclopedia of Surfing" Online
Matt Warshaw has put his "Encyclopedia of Surfing" on line and is updating it even as you read this... It is a great resource and Matt's having fun with it. Please visit:ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SURFING
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LEGENDARY SURFERS Facebook
Seems like everyone's either on Facebook or declared never to get on. I'm enjoying it, easily sharing surfing history and culture along with others who also share at:...
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Surfing's Revival
Aloha and Welcome to this chapter of LEGENDARY SURFERS."Surfing's Revival: 1900-1915" covers perhaps the most dynamic time in our sport's history; certainly the most important.This chapter has long...
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Doc Paskowitz, 1921-2014
Aloha and welcome to this chapter on Legendary Surfer DORIAN "DOC" PASKOWITZ.(Link to "Surfwise" free view in its entirety, via HCC...
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THE FIRST SURFERS
"The First Surfers" is the very first chapter ofVolume 1 of LEGENDARY SURFERS, in portable document format (PDF), published in 2003 and again in 2005.Chapter 1 of Volume 1 consists of a total of 15,425...
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TRADITIONAL HAWAIIAN SURF CULTURE
Traditional Hawaiian Surf Culture takes a stab at collecting together all that we know about early surfing culture -- at least prior to and immediately following European contact in Hawaii, in the late...
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TRADITIONAL HAWAIIAN SURFBOARDS
Four different types of surfboards came out of the Polynesian settlement of Hawaii and the evolution of Hawaiian culture which occurred during the period of the Long Voyages (300-1000 A.D.). Hawaiian...
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DUKE PAOA KAHANAMOKU
This LEGENDARY SURFERS chapter on “the Father of Modern Surfing,” Duke Paoa Kahanamoku, has been one of my most-popular over the course of the past 10 years. It contains all of Duke's life relative and...
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The 1910s
The period 1910-1919 was the first full decade following Surfing's Revival at Waikiki in the first years of the Twentieth Century. In many ways, we know less about the 1910s than we do the first decade...
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