Archive for the ‘Surfing & SUP’ Category
Legendary surfer Phil Edwards just celebrated his 74th birthday on June 10. Phil was the top surfer on the planet during surfing’s most colorful period, the late 1950’s and early 1960’s. Those were the years that surfing went from a cult activity only practiced by a few surfish beatniks to full-blown national fad status. It was largely in part to the release of the movie ‘Gidget’ in 1959, and helped along by the revolutionary change in surfboard materials from wood to lightweight polyurethane foam at that same time.
Surfing was suddenly “the thing” and easily available to everybody. During that same period  … More
Quiksilver’s California groms joined forces in Huntington Beach and the surrounding area for a training camp that turned into an absolute shred fest.