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.
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...