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.
RIP: Greg Noll
After a life very well lived, Greg Noll, big-wave pioneer, filmmaker, industry leader and inspiration to many, has passed away. “It is with a heavy heart the Noll family announces the death of our patriarch, Greg Noll. Greg died of natural causes on Monday June...
RIP: Joe Quigg
We bid a deep aloha and farewell to our dear friend and lifelong inspiration Joe Quigg. Born in Los Angeles in 1925, his contributions to the sport and culture of wave-riding over his near century in the water are vast forever altered the course of surfing. Highly...
Cedar Sliders And The Aloha Lumber Company
In 1902, experienced lumberman and mill operator George Emerson began construction of a new sawmill south of the Quinault Indian reservation, which is just south of the vast Olympic National Park and National Forest, on the west coast of the state of Washington....
How Three Girls From New Jersey Changed The Game
Back in the late ‘60s and throughout most of the ’70s, three young women helped shape the future of women’s pro surfing, and all three grew up within eight miles of each other in southern New Jersey. It began with phenom Barbie Belyea in Ocean City. Her contest...
SHACC’s Dick Metz Featured On The Longboardarian Podcast
Last November SHACC co-founder and all around legendary human Dick Metz sat down for a chat on The Longboardarian Podcast to talk story and share the immense history he’s been fortunate enough to be part of throughout his 90-plus years on this blue planet. So, if you’re interested in the way it was, spend an hour listening to the man that lived it all.