Donald Craig grins as his family, not shown, takes his picture by his plaque on the Hermosa Beach Pier on Saturday after he and Robert Hogan were inducted into the Hermosa Beach Surfers Walk of Fame. Craig, an avid surfer through the 1960s in the beach city, started the Old Guys Rule company. Hogan gives a “shaka” to the crowd after being inducted. The former county lifeguard is credited as the first person to surf Lunada Bay off Palos Verdes Estates…Â Details and Pictures
Summer is nearly here, so They Will Surf Again enthusiasts can rejoice knowing LRO’s first adaptive surfing event is just around the corner – May 3 at Bolsa Chica State Beach! From California to New Jersey and down the coast to Florida, LRO has even added a couple more stops for 2009: Cape May, NJ and Santa Cruz, CA. (See the full schedule on the right)
Volunteers are needed for on-site support in the water, on land, as well as administrative and production duties…Â Details
Actress Tanna Frederick remembers the first time she got up on a wave. She was learning to sail and decided on a whim to try surfing as well — one less thing between her and the “amazing playground” the native Iowan had found in the ocean.
“It’s weird because it’s indescribable,” Frederick said of surfing. “It’s like Disneyland — you can’t put it into words.”
Suddenly her life changed dramatically… Details
Hawai’i moved into the lead of the team standings after the sixth day of competition of the Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championship yesterday at Salinas, Ecuador.
With two days remaining, Hawai’i has a slim lead over France and South Africa.
Hawai’i has seven surfers in contention for individual titles.
In the Boys 18 division… Details