To the Edge And Back: Joey Cabell Feted at SHAAC Event
Surfing Heritage and Cultural Center hosts surf legend Joey Cabell for special evening of talking story, surf history and tales from Hawaii in the early days.
RIP: Louis Graziadio
IN LOVING MEMORY OF LOUIS GRAZIADIO G. Louis Graziadio III, better known by friends as Luigi, or Graz, was one of the Original Founding Partners and a long-time supporter of the Surfing Heritage Culture Center (SHACC) located in San Clemente, California. Being an...
RIP: Jim Gilloon
After a life very well lived, Dana Point icon Jim Gilloon has gracefully kicked out. A friendly, popular character, he was a fixture in Dana Point’s lineups in the golden era before the harbor was built and so much more. For a lot of area surfers Gilloon sold them...
The Road To Cape St. Francis
As told by SHACC founder Dick Metz to author Ben Marcus. Read more here. John [Whitmore] said that he’d get me a ride up the coast, that he knew a couple of salesmen who had to go up there, that I should just sit tight and they’ll get me a ride eventually. So I did,...
A Lifelong Friendship Is Born: Dick Metz and John Whitmore, Capetown, 1959
As told by Dick Metz to Ben Marcus: When we got to Cape Town—a big port city in a harbor—he said, “Well I’m going to the Groote Schuur Hospital to see my mom. Where do you want out?” I could see the ocean up ahead, so I told him just to let me out at the next corner....
Depression Era Beach Hangs With Dick Metz And Shirley Temple
SHACC Founder Dick Metz looks back on a golden era in Laguna Beach during the 1930s when Hollywood stars were just normal people and Shirley Temple was a good friend.