Question: What do surfing icons Mike Doyle, Joey Cabell, Mickey Munoz, Walter Hoffman, Jackie Baxter, Bing Copeland and Rory Russell have in common?
Answer: they appeared in Duke Boyd’s Hang Ten clothing ads in Surfer magazine and set the fashion world on its head!
And – they will be coming to the California Surf Museum’s annual Legends Day on Sunday, October 4 to honor Duke Boyd, the surf industry father of ‘cool,’ to hang out and reminisce. Duke’s just-completed book, “Legends of Surfing,” will make its debut and will be available for sale. Filmmaker Eric Jordan will show excerpts from his new film, “For the Love of Surfing,” which has been 4 years in the making. You won’t want to miss this exceptional gathering!
Legends Day, held from 1-4pm at the Oceanside Library’s Community Room, 330 North Coast Highway in downtown Oceanside, is free and open to the public. The Moonlight Beach Ukulele Strummers and Dancers will perform throughout the afternoon, and an optional luau buffet is available for $20, $10 CSM members (reservations required). Please call the California Surf Museum for further information, 760-721-6876, or visit the website, www.surfmuseum.org.Â
The Quiksilver Pro France, Stop No. 7 on the 2009 ASP World Tour, will kick off in one day on the South West Coast of France, settling down between the world famous beach breaks of Hossegor and Seignosse, and the famous Basque reef break of Lafitenia. A fully mobile event with 42 km at its disposal, the Quiksilver Pro France (the only French stop of the ASP World Tour) will give the world’s best surfers two weeks of tube-riding, high-performance waves and big surf possibilities.
While 2009 the ASP World Title race remains wide open and very close amongst the top contenders (including reigning and nine-time ASP World Champion Kelly Slater (USA), 37), the Quiksilver Pro France will also stage the highly-anticipated battle between …Â Details
Video Surfing – South Florida Paddle Board Championship – Finale of the South Florida Stand Up Paddleboard Championship. Nearly 50 people turned out to participate in the event. Congratulations to all those that competed in the series
