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George Douglas Freeth Jr. (November 8, 1883 – April 7, 1919) was an American lifeguard, surfer, and swimming instructor of English and Native Hawaiian descent.Freeth popularized surfing in Southern California when he arrived in Los Angeles in 1907 and built the foundation for the state's professional lifeguard service.
Jesse Billauer, a para surfing prone 2 surfer, paddling out with assistance at the 2022 Hawaii Adaptive Surfing Championships. In 2018 Dr. Maureen Johnson PhD, MS, OT/L, BCPR, C/NDT, Stoke for Life Foundation and the U.S. Open Adaptive Surfing Championships developed and copy wrote the current classification system being used by the AASP, PSL, and ISA.
Swami's Surfing Association was established in 1964 by local surfers as a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the beach community and helping environmental issues. SSA sponsors and participates in programs, such as Adopt-a-Beach, Disabled Vietnam Veterans, the Blind Surf Program, and many more.
Sawyer Lindblad placed first in the finals of the U.S. Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach in 2023. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times) Lowerson has long been a public figure in the surfing world.
Bruce Brown (1937–2017) San Francisco. Surfing film maker; Chris Brown (1970–2019) Carpinteria, California, PSAA Champion in 1994 [8] Bud Browne (1912–2008) (USA) Pioneer surf film maker, the first filmmaker to show surf movies commercially; Pam Burridge (1965– ) (Aus) 1990 women's world champion [9]
Now called the U.S. Open of Surfing, the West Coast Surfing Championship was the first surfing tournament in the United States and was held in 1959 at Huntington Beach, California. [ 16 ] The International Professional Surfers (IPS) was founded by Hawaiian surfers Fred Hemmings and Randy Rarick in 1976. [ 17 ]
The 21-year old para-surfer was one of many in the sport's international community who was distressed to find out that despite years of advocacy, para-surfing— a form of surfing that allows ...
Tourmaline Surfing Park is a beach access point and surfing spot in North Pacific Beach, a neighborhood of San Diego, California. The park is situated at the northern end of Pacific Beach, a short distance south of where the sand beach ends and the rocky promontory of La Jolla begins. There are cliffs to the north and south of Tourmaline ...