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Debbie Beacham – 2021 Silver Surfer
Debbie BeachamWhat Champions Are Made Of In 1980 during a warm-up session at Haleiwa, Debbie Beacham dropped into a 12-foot wave-face, and took a hard wipeout, cracking one of her ribs. Determined not...
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Kim Mearig – 2021 Silver Surfer
Kim MearigA True California Girl Surfing since age 12, Kim Mearig was riding shapes by alpha shaper Al Merrick and competing at the amateur level by 14, often sharing the limelight with schoolmate Tom...
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Joel Tudor – 2021 Silver Surfer
Joel TudorA Lifelong Career Sixteen years after his last WSL/ASP win, 43-year-old logging icon Joel Tudor just won the Noosa Longboard Open, the first stop of the 2020 Longboard Tour. The victory...
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Tom Morey – 2021 Silver Surfer
Tom MoreyVisionary Dreams To have developed the first commercial interchangeable fin system, played music drums Dizzy Gillespie, created the first polypropylene fin, mastered the ukulele, designed the...
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Donald Takayama – 2021 Silver Surfer – In Memory
photos: Steve Wilkings Donald TakayamaA Beloved Icon One of the greatest child phenomenon’s in surfing history, Donald Takayama saved up money from his paper route to buy a plane ticket to California...
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“Women On Waves” A Huge Success
Jim Kempton’s recent book, Women on Waves, drew a constant stream of visitors to CSM on Big Wednesday, July 14. Jim was on hand to sign books throughout the evening, and many who showed up had plenty...
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Girls Just Wanna Have Fun!
CSM welcomed a sizable crowd on July 21, when filmmaker Heather Hudson and author Vicky Durand combined for a terrific Big Wednesday event. Among our special guests were surfing legend Linda Benson,...
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A Tribute to Butch Van Artsdalen
Spell-binding storyteller Douglas Cavanaugh was the guest author for Big Wednesday, August 18, and he delighted the crowd with behind-the-scenes tales of how he came to write Remembering Butch....
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Eulogy of Patrick O’Connor
By Bob Shoecraft Taken from Pat’s 2007 Application to the Surfer’s Walk of Fame. My name is Pat O’Connor. I grew up in Hermosa Beach and consider it my hometown. There has always been a special place...
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Director Carl Ackerman – The Life Story of Doc Ball
Surfer/filmmaker Carl Ackerman presented his outstanding new documentary “The Life Story of Doc Ball” at CSM on September 29, as part of CSM’s Big Wednesday series. Carl thanked CSM for allowing him...
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A Beautiful Boogie Ride
Tom Morey – August 14, 1935 – October 15, 2021 One of the greats of surfing is gone. Our friend Tom Morey passed away Wednesday evening, peacefully at Saddleback Memorial in Orange County. He was 86,...
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December 1 – Talking Story about San Onofre
Join author David Matuszak for a presentation and book signing for San Onofre: Memories of a Legendary Surfing Beach with author David F. Matuszak, his 1,550 page book, now in its 2nd edition. •...
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Jeff Duclos
Where did you grow up and where do you live now? JD: I grew up primarily in San Diego. Went to Hoover High School and, after serving in the Coast Guard Reserve, finally on to San Diego State. Moved to...
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Donald Takayama: Shaping Boards and Lives
Donald Takayama The Shaping of a Surfing Legend by Jeff Duclos, CSM Board Member It can be said that something becomes “magical” by its effect and the resulting charmed condition it imbues upon the...
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14th Annual Gala Fundraiser! Saturday, Nov. 5
SAVE THE DATE for CSM’s 14th Annual Gala Fundraiser! Saturday, Nov. 5, 4-10pm Cape Rey Hilton, Carlsbad Join with us as we honor this year’s Silver Surfers: Kathy Zuckerman, the original Gidget Bing...
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Surf & Rescue: George Freeth and the Birth of California Beach Culture, July...
Wednesday, July 27 Presentation and book signing by author Patrick Moser Surf & Rescue: George Freeth and the Birth of California Beach Culture The mixed-race Hawaiian athlete George Freeth...
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Makai Board – A Modern Day Detective Story
The Makai board has been on display at CSM for several years. It is solid redwood, a classic Alaia shape, and its obvious age earned it a spot in the Timeline exhibit, but even its owner, Dale Smith,...
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