Bruce Brown Statue

Local artist Bill Limebrook is creating life-size statues of some of the more iconic local figures such as Hobie Alter, Phil Edwards, John Severson, Walter and Flippy Hoffman, and Bruce Brown, among others. Bill is loaning us the original clay head that was used to make the bronze final version. It will be on display as part of our Tribute to Bruce Brown. 

Eve Fletcher

A classic image of local Sano legend, Eve Fletcher surfing Makhaha in 1958

A contemporary of Gidget in the mid-1950s, Eve Fletcher was a Disney animator who took to the waves in 1957. 

Soft-spoken, 5'3," Fletcher caught her first wave over 60 years ago (Fletcher was 30 before she ever paddled out).

An East Coaster by birth, Fletcher moved with her family to the San Fernando Valley at age 10, where she became an avid swimmer when her parents joined the local country club. Later, she took a job in Disney's Ink & Paint department, where she contributed to films like Cinderella and Alice in Wonderland. Fletcher was an animation supervisor for the company (where she continued to work through the 1989 feature The Little Mermaid before receiving the Animation Guild's Golden Award in 2005) when, at age 30, she finally ventured down to the San Onofre shore. Toting her first surfboard-a gift from actor Johnny Sheffield (who played Boy in several Tarzan films), she happened to meet the most famous surfer of the time, Marge Calhoun. When Fletcher asked her for advice, Calhoun's reply was, "You just paddle and then stand up!"

Fletcher took to the water in no time. After a year, she cashed in her vacation time and packed up for a month-long Hawaiian "surf-ari" with Calhoun. Back in California, she was a member of the San Onofre Surf Club, and a familiar face on the beaches of Malibu and Rincon. She was among the many senior surfers to be featured in the documentary Surfing For Life.

(Excerpt from The Bluegrass Special, August 2011)

A Hobie Hawk

In March 1974, the Hobie Hawk was released by the Hobie Model Co. of San Juan Capistrano California. Somewhere between 10,000 and 14,000 of these models were sold–many through the Hobie Cat sailboat dealers–not just hobby shops. 

"I did it the way I wanted too - each part used the best materials available for the specific application. It was a complete package and we had the capability to make the Hawk so we did. There was nothing else out there like it at the time, everything else was a balsa build up kit, I wanted to produce something much different, something that could take the punishment and was faster to build for the consumer... and yes, although the wing was complicated it was not difficult for us because of our background in the sailing and surfboard industry, foam core laminating was what we did."

"I feel that out of all my projects the Hawk was one of the better things I did, each part made from the proper materials, it was a quality product and I am proud of it... and it was fun!" —Hobie Alter (excerpted from hobiehawk.com)

We now have a Hobie Hawk in the SHACC collection and it's on display in our showroom!

Vintage Hobie Skate Team Jacket

This 50-year-old Hobie Super Surfer Skateboard Team jacket is being loaned to us by Colleen Turner, a former Hobie skate team member. It's currently on display in our Surf 2 Skate exhibit, through January 2018.

Greg Liddle "Jaws" board

This Liddle “Jaws” “Trashcan Nose” model was shaped in 1979 by Greg Liddle for John Parker to surf in the Point Breaks of Malibu, Rincon, and The Ranch. Its shape and design was inspired by Steve Krawejski and Andy Davis, both creative forces and riders of the Southern California displacement hull movement of the 1970s-90s,  which included Greg Liddle and Paul Gross.

This board was a unique outline with asymmetrical rail lines. The right “inside” rail is shaped for forward thrust and trim while the left “outside” rail is shaped for long drawnout cutbacks. The wide nose was shaped using a metal trashcan lid as its template, thus the “Trashcan” model.

It has been ridden by John Parker, Bobby Shorr, and has the distinction of being the first and only shortboard ever ridden by the legendary Lance Carson.

As Lance said on 10/14/17, “I rode Parker’s “Jaws” model at Malibu back in the early 80s. The Greg Liddle crew stopped me at the Point as I was heading out with my longboard. They goaded me into trying that 7’5” hull… my first and only experience. I gotta say… that thing RIPPED! Hulls DO WORK. But you have to know what you’re doing.”

Donated from John Parker to Yvonne and Rusty Russell with the help of Paul Jay Diamond.

Kelly Slater signed this Slater Surf Designs board that will be auctioned off during SHACC's upcoming Golf Surfari on September 18. Thank you to James Knoska for getting this board for us! Click HERE to purchase event tickets.

Enamel Surf Pins

We're still going through all the items that were donated to SHACC by longtime supporter, Ed Clapp. Another one of the cool items is this enamel surfing pin set. 

SHACC received a donation of 4 large bins of vintage surf trunks, etc. from SHACC supporter, Randy Hild. This beanie from the 1996 Eddie contest is just one of the really cool amazing items. 

Swaying Hula Girl Lamp

SHACC lost one of it's longest running supporters, Ed Clapp, back in January but we just received a couple more boxes containing items that were donated to SHACC in Ed's will. One of the coolest items is this hula girl lamp. We're trying to figure out just where to display this beauty, her hips actually sway! Thank you goes out to George Trosset for packing and sending us the items.

A Living Gem!

On the left: One of SHACC's favorite supporters, Wally Duesler, dropped by to check out our Surf Club exhibit. On the right: 2 carvings made by Wally, using recycled "golf woods" and a folding table also made by him. Wally turns 98 on May 30th, and we reckon that makes Wally a rare "Gem" indeed! (Table and carvings from the collection of Barry Haun–they are some of his most prized possessions)

Custom D Fin

Wood worker extraordinaire, Kenny Brown donated this beautiful framed D-fin, shaped and glassed by him and signed by both himself and Hap Jacobs. We've got it on permanent display in SHACC's showroom. We also have a permanent display of fins at SHACC now.

Chuck Vinson Lightning Bolt

"I met Chuck Vinson in 71’ when I moved back to town and we became friends. I learned all I could from him. He was older and more experienced than me. I could never do any step as well as him, but neither could anyone else! Chuck came o the North Shore in 73’ and landed a gig making Lightning Bolts for Jack Shipley. Keep in mind that the Bolt was the number one most recognized label at the time in all of surf culture. Only 10 or 12 guys were good enough to fill the position of making Bolts. Chuck made many of the high-end Bolts that brought an extra $35 due to the quality. That was a lot of extra cash in those days. Shipley even had Vinson fill in for Gerry Lopez (the head shaper); while he was surfing Ulu, Chuck shaped his orders!

Chuck later returned to Santa Cruz where he made boards for O’Neill along with his custom orders before finally returning to Ventura with his wife Linda where he continued to build boards for his loyal followers.

I thank him for the inspiration he has given me."

–Shaper, Marc Andreini, from his forthcoming book, due out next spring entitled "The Gift."

Thank you to Chuck for donating this beautiful board, to Skip Saenger for arranging the donation, to Mark Andreini for the words and to Scott Bass to delivering it to SHACC.

Surf Clubs

This weeks gem of the week is this print of the San Onofre Surf Club logo, timely since SHACC's current exhibit is on surf clubs and the San Onofre Surf Club is one of the participants. The iconic logo was created by artist Don Smith, a machinist for Disney. "The purpose of the Club (San Onofre) shall be to foster all phases of the sport of surfing, to make responsible recommendations to the Department of Parks and Recreation pertaining to the operation and development of the San Onofre Surfing Beach, and to seek to retain the beach in its natural state." Don Craig, longtime Sano regular and creator of Old Guys Rule donated this rice paper print as well as loaning some items that are displayed in the exhibit.

24 Classic Surfboards Donated!

Stan Fuji, former Ventura surf shop owner, donated 24 surfboards and a large fin collection. Included were 3 Morey/Pope Trisects, 3 super clean Hobie Corky Carroll models, a Harbour Banana, a Blue Machine and a mini Blue Machine, a Peck Penetrator, a Hollow WAVE, some cans of Slip Check and a motorized JET board, and more!

Thank you Stan, for an amazing collection! 

It's Like Christmas Again!

Long time SHACC supporter and avid surf memorabilia collector, Randy Hild just donated 6 bins containing 150 pairs of vintage surf trunks! Thank you Randy! We'll be posting these to Instagram starting in 2017.

Original '80s Jams

“It all started in 1964 in our surfboard shop when our founder, Dave Rochlen couldn't find the right shorts to surf in. Inspired by a LIFE Magazine article featuring Russian tourists bathing in the Black Sea wearing pajamas, he asked his wife, Keanuenue, to hem some at the knee and sew up the fly. Jams were born. The first bright, baggy pairs were sewn at the kitchen table and sold at his Surf Line Hawaii shop and out of the trunk of the car at Makaha Beach. Beaches everywhere would never be the same.” ~Jams World

SHACC Curator and Creative Director saw these for sale on Facebook and snatched them up to donate to SHACC's permanent collection. SHACC Founder, Dick Metz says this pattern was the first original pattern owned solely by Surf Line and that there were shirts made utilizing this pattern as well. We're keeping an eye out for those! Thanks to Gil Gomez for allowing Barry to purchase them for the museum.

Vintage Surf Fins

Daniel Tangeman just donated 3 classic surfboard fins. A red Hatchet from Fibre Glas Fin Co., a '70s Rainbow and a Dale Velzy Butterfly fin. We actually have the molds that Velzy used to make these fins, on display in our Shaping Shack.

Longboard World Champ, Rachel Tilly

Current Longboard World Champ, Rachel Tilly, has loaned SHACC her Josh Martin shaped Hobie longboard and contest jersey from last year's contest held at the Jeep World Longboard Championship in China. She'll be defending her crown at the same venue, the contest window is coming up December 3 - 13, 2016. Come see her board and jersey here at SHACC! We're going to be creating a new display featuring boards from world champions like Rachel. So far we have surfboards from Kelly Slater, Andy Irons, Mick Fanning, Tom Curren, Tom Carroll, Mark Richards, Lisa Andersen, Martin Potter, Sunny Garcia, Daisy Shayne, Joyce Hoffman, Rolf Aurness, Nat Young, Felipe Pomar and Debbie Beacham.

Maps of Your Favorite Breaks

Starting with a bathymetric chart (the underwater equivalent of a topographic map), laser-cutters are used to carve the contours into sheets of Baltic birch and glue them together to create a powerful visual depth. Select layers of blue are hand-stained to discern land from water and major byways are etched into the land. Each piece is framed in a solid-wood frame and protected with a sheet of durable, ultra-transparent Plexiglas. Available maps are the Monterey Bay, Santa Barbara and the Channel Islands, Baja California, the Salish Sea, Catalina Island, the Hawaiian Islands, Maui, Oahu, Huntington Beach, Malibu, and Los Angeles to San Diego (pictured above). Click HERE for images, pricing and sizes.

Scale Models You Can Own!

NOW AVAILABLE AT SHACC

Logan Earth Ski - $575

Aipa. Sting model - $600

Noll, Ricky Grigg model - $650

Malcolm Wilson, world renowned artist and model builder, has been creating his unique brand of surf art for over 25 years. Malcolm creates custom museum quality models of all kinds, his specialties include, the history of the surfboard and famous surf breaks from around the world. If you can dream it, he can make a beautiful scale model of it.

malcolmwilsonc1956@gmail.com
malcolmwilsonmodels.com

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