california 2012. part two. surfing heritage museum.

while in san clemente i headed up on the hill to check out the surfing heritage museum. i arrived to find the door open and the lights off. i was worried they were closed, but even better, i was the only visitor. museum of surfing history all to myself. 

hawaiian boards from early 1900's.

 nazi surfboard? no.

a symbol with good connotations before its bad associations. 

simmons. 2 on right.

 2nd from right: early carl eckstrom assymetrical.

boards for chargers. dead center: butch van artsdale model. black board to the left of that: herbie fletcher gun. black and white board on far right: greg long's eddie aikau winnging christenson.

i was fortunate to come just as they were wrapping up the innovations of hobie exhibit. would have been bummed to miss it. right to left: innovation and evolution of hobie.

innovations of hobie. items ranged from polarized sunglasses to skateboards to catamarans, to kayaks, to removable fin systems to remote control airplanes and beyond. the man dabbled.

hobie tandem boards.

whats left of the first board hobie ever shaped.

skateboards.

"shortboards"