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He was one of the first commercial surfboard builders of the 1950s and is best known for his noserider, the Yater Spoon. At that time, it was the thinnest and lightest board available. Prior to opening Yater Surfboards in 1959, he worked with both Hobart Alter and Dale Velzy, two of the pioneering surfboard builders in that era. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Slater played the recurring character Jimmy Slade on seven episodes of the popular TV show Baywatch in the early 1990s. [32] He appeared in an episode of the reality show The Girls Next Door, and has starred in many surf films during his career. [33] A video game named Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer by Treyarch and published by Activision was ...
Dale Velzy (September 23, 1927 – May 26, 2005) was an American surfboard shaper, credited with being the world's first commercial shaper.He opened the first professional surf shop in Manhattan Beach, California, in 1950, personally hand fashioning the surfboards from wood or synthetic material.
Rusty is an Australian surfboard and surfwear brand formed in 1985 by Rusty Preisendorfer. [2] [3] It also operates in the US under the name Rusty Surfboards.Notably, Rusty has worked with professional surfers such as Josh Kerr, [4] Jamie O'Brien, C. J. Hobgood, Wade Carmichael, [5] Liam "Letty" Mortensen, [6] and Jacob "Zeke" Szekely.
Golden Breed is a surf lifestyle clothing brand, initially starting in California in 1969. The Male/Female logo was used by surfers, before being developed into a brand.The Textile Company Don Rancho Corporation initially launched the brand internationally, with a separate license to produce a range of items in Australia, held by John Arnold.
For many beachgoers, especially after the release of Hollywood surf film “Gidget” in 1959, surfing became a subcultural pastime. [14] Some other aspects of surf culture in the 1960s include the Woodie, bikinis, boardshorts and surf music such as ‘The Beach Boys’’ “Surfin’ Safari” released in 1962.
The Avila Beach and San Simeon piers were already closed due to existing damage and sustained a new round of nature’s wrath. Large waves hammer the Avila Beach Pier on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2023.
Severson was born December 12, 1933, in Los Angeles, California, the son of Hugh and Dorothy Severson. He grew up in North Fair Oaks and Pasadena until his family moved when he was thirteen (1945, variously reported as 1943) to San Clemente [5] — where his father operated a PDQ gas station at El Camino Real and Avenida Aragon.