Surfing

One could argue that the pier made HB “Surf City”. The first one was built at the beginning of the 1900’s, a wooden one that was opened to the public in 2004, it was soon replaced by a concrete one that would cost the city a $100,000 and open in 2014. On that day railway magnate Henry Huntington invited pioneer surfer George Freeth originally from Hawaii’s Waikiki and now residing in L.A’s South Bay to travel down on the Pacific Railways train to put on a surfing demonstration as part of the festivities, he would be the first surfer at the pier. That day was June 20th, 1914 and in commemoration of this, the Surfing Walk of Fame and Surfers’ Hall of Fame will lay a granite stone and metal plaque in their respective places of recognition on this Thursday June 20th, 2013 to kick off next year’s “100 Year’s At the Huntington Beach Pier and Surfing in “Surf City”. The Thursday ceremony will be blessed by Father Christian Mondor and attended by HB Mayor Connie Boardman and representatives from both Jack’s Surfboards and Huntington Surf & Sport, the patrons of the respective Walk of Fame and Surfers’ Hall of Fame will be in attendance. This Thursday also coincides with International Surfing Day now in it’s 9th year where surfers’ are encouraged to go surfing all over the world and is a Surfrider Foundation initiative. In 2014, yearlong celebrations will take place including a major installation in the new look Huntington Beach International Surfing Museum and a special event at the pier on June 20th, 2014 “When Men Were Men and Boards Were Made of Wood”, a surfing exhibition where participants will be required to ride boards old and new made of wood. For more information: Contact: Peter “PT” Townend The ActivEmpire(ATE) activempire@aol.com

A Return to Surfing Heritage and Cultural Center"We’re doing it again. This summer, July 31- August 3 to be exact, we’re returning to the famed Surfing Heritage and Cultural Center in San Clemente, California for another 4-day class extravaganza. Time is of the essence, we need to fill this class quickly so we have time to book our plane tickets and prep all the wood. If you’re interested, sign up soon. We’re planning to spend some time while we’re out there tricking out our new mobile classroom and partnering up with some friends to offer some in-water demos. See you on the road." More Classes "We have lots of workshops, clinics and classes in the works for this summer. We couldn’t be more excited to welcome our friend Jon Wegener back for a fall paipo and alaia class. We’re also planning a series of Thursday night handplane workshops - come by the shop, enjoy some surf flicks and food and shape yourself a handplane. Want more? How about surfboard function and hydrodynamics discussion with Cape Cod craftsman Sean Vecchione of Vec Surfboards."The new Fantail - Pig"We’ve been talking about this design for a long time, and we’re excited that it’s finally up on our site. The Fantail is a classic Pig shape, similar to what Dale Velzy was shaping back in the heyday of hotdogging. It’s available as a custom board in 9’2” and 9’9”. But for those of you that just have to build it yourself, sign up for a Fantasy Camp and we’ll help lead you through the process of building your dream board."Handplane Blanks, A Real Hands-On Experience"We’ve been shaping handplanes for years and we love the process. It gives you the opportunity to work with a number of fun hand tools plus it’s a quick, rewarding process that gets you out enjoying the waves in a new way in no time. We also love offering you the opportunity to get hands-on, so we’re now offering our handplanes as DIY kits. The kit comes with a wood blank, pre- drilled for our special handstrap attachment, and includes a quick shaping manual, some natural polyurethane that we use in-house, even the strap itself. So take an afternoon and shape something, you’ll be glad you did." Mike and the boys at Grain in York , Maine, USA do a great job and if you want to find out more or the range of board kits and events, check them out here : www.grainsurfboards.com

John Mel, Nic Hdez, Cade Matson, and Thelen Worrell shred the lights out of Nica

i love this board. so refreshing. it spends more time on the wall than in the water...for better or worse. when i ride it i feel like i am cheetin on me feral pig. however , its good to freshin things up. its like a new approach to a wave. this board and my 10' jim phillips simmons really freshens things up.

Courtesy of Paul Whibley, our SW Australia correspondent and all around lucky bastard, a few snaps of a recent trip over that way. He was accompanied by Byron Bay's all around nice guy, Mick Waters. From the sounds of it (and these images) it was as good a surf trip as you could want. As I hope you are aware, Mick is a highly talented friend of the family and auteur of two very fine independent surf movies, 'Believe' and 'Little Black Wheels'. We will gladly sell you either or both, $25 each with shipping included. Email info@foamandfunction.com should you be interested.

A chronicle of the Shortboard Revolution and a view of the quieter moments in between. Punctuated by the radical changes in design and performance that followed, and captioned by Witzig throughout with insightful observations and wry back-story, A Golden Age is a deeply layered time capsule that preserves the era of its focus.

THE ENDLESS WAVE SURF CO.WAX BUDDY'S MAIN THREETodd Meleney, Laurie Keene and Ron DiMauro Ron doing some Research and DevelopmentPhoto by Jonny Clancy Meghan Sepe - incredible photographer Endless Wave Surf Vehicle WAX BUDDY HAS BECOME THENEXT GENERATION WAX COMB ANOTHER CLEAN SURF BOARDBING 9'-6" DAVID NUUHIWA NOSE RIDER

Join Globe at the Hermosa Beach Pier on International Surfing Day