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Yater began working for Hobie Surfboards in 1955, primarily glassing balsa boards. [5] [4] [6] He worked with Bobby Patterson, Jimmy Johnson, [6] and Phil Edwards.[2] [4] He moved to San Clemente in 1957 to work for Dale Velzy, [5] [4] where he learned shaping techniques from Velzy himself. [6]
Shawn Stussy (born 1954) was a Californian manufacturer of surfboards. [1] The logo defining the brand started in the early 1980s, when he scrawled his surname on handcrafted boards with a simple broad-tipped marker. [2] [3] He then used the logo on T-shirts, shorts and caps that he sold out of his car around Laguna Beach, California.
Severson, his sister and three brothers each worked creating leathergoods, marketing them to tourists and turning the shop into a restaurant when Interstate 5 arrived nearby. His mother cooked and was widely known for her homemade pies. [11] In San Clemente, Severson learned to surf — also painting, photographing and filming the sport. [12]
Robert Kelly Slater (born February 11, 1972) is an American professional surfer, best known for being crowned World Surf League champion a record 11 times. [1] [7] Slater is widely regarded as the greatest professional surfer of all time, and holds 56 Championship Tour victories.
Fleur du Mal surfboards are $2,850 each and available at fleurdumal.com, as well as the brand’s Los Angeles and New York shops. Boards are 5 feet, 7 inches tall and 20 inches wide. Boards are 5 ...
In 1992, Chris' shaping career began with a six-year apprenticeship to shaping legend, Dick Brewer (1936-2022). It was perfecting the skill of shaping boards under Brewer, and the influence of his then neighbor, Skip Frye, that solidified Chris' abilities to design and shape any size surfboard, which would later open the door to shaping big wave guns for the world's best big wave surfers.
Today, T&C Surf Designs Hawaii has grown into an international company, with seven retail stores, surfboard licensees on both U.S. coasts and company partners in France, South Africa and Australia.
The Panera-like menu focuses on local and organic ingredients wherever possible, and the chain was merged with another fast-casual concept, Lemonade, after being bought in 2018 by a private equity ...