Nov 22, 2018 | Exhibits, In The Line Up, SHACC News, Videos
In ’47, Quigg crafted an experimental balsa-redwood hybrid for Darrylin Zanuck, daughter of Hollywood mogul Darryl Zanuck. Thinner and lighter than any other boards of the era, the 25-pound “Darrylin” model became the precursor to the Malibu chip. It’s during this...
Nov 14, 2018 | In The Line Up, Videos
Ross Williams recounts how the winter of 1989/90 and the emergence of the Momentum Generation altered the course of modern surfing: Some of my closest friends growing up were Matty Liu, Jason Magallenes and Shane Dorian. We were head over heals in love with surfing....
Oct 29, 2018 | In The Line Up, SHACC News, Videos
In the making of this episode, I was — to borrow a word from surf slang — “stoked” to chat with Dick Metz, who shares his encyclopedic knowledge of the evolution of surfing and the surfboard. Dick lived the history he narrates in the episode, witnessing dramatic...
Aug 30, 2018 | SHACC Events, Videos
Born and bred on the wave-rich coast of Northern New South Wales, Australia, Stephanie Gilmore beautifully epitomizes what it means to be both a fluid stylist and competitive animal. Growing up on the Gold Coast’s perfect pointbreaks, most notably Snapper Rocks, by...
Aug 24, 2018 | SHACC Events, Videos
By Tracey Engelking Born and raised almost exclusively at the beach, Joyce Hoffman started surfing around the age of 12 when her family moved to Beach Road in Capo Beach into the now iconic Hoffman house. Her father, king of the aloha print fabric, Walter Hoffman, was...
Aug 16, 2018 | SHACC Events, Videos
When it came time for someone to accept the SHACC Lifetime Achievement for the late Rell Sunn at the 2018 Women Making Waves Ohana Gala, lifelong friend Gerry Lopez humbly obliged. “Her beauty was far beyond the skin, it was as deep as any ocean,” he said...
