In the shadow of the US Open of Surfing, Surf City USA’s Main Street was blocked off to honor the newest class of inductees to the Surfing Walk of Fame on Thursday morning. Through a selection ballot, a host of respected surf industry veterans, former professionals and surf journalistsnarrowed down a field of hundreds of candidates to name the six 2014 Surfing Walk of Fame’s honorees in their respective categories – Larry Bertlemann (Surf Champion), Randy Rarick (Surf Pioneer), John Van Hamersveld (Surf Culture), Phyliss O’Donnell (Women of the Year), Mike Haley (Local Hero) and Vince Moorhouse (Honor Roll).
“It’s amazing to think that we started this 21 years ago and now have over 150 stones in the cement on Main Street … More