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In 2007, the building housing Horizons West Surf Shop (formerly Jeff Ho Surfboards and Zephyr Productions) was designated to be demolished to construct condominiums. [4] Local skaters and surfers, led by Jacob Samuel [5] began fighting to protect the building. [6] On April 9, 2007, an application was filed to designate the building as a City ...
Town & Country Surf Designs may refer to: Town & Country Surf Designs, a Hawaiian surf brand of surfboards, clothing, games, and other related products Town & Country Surf Designs: Wood & Water Rage , a 1988 surfing and skateboarding video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System
Skip Engblom (born January 4, 1948) is an American entrepreneur and one of the co-founders of the Jeff Ho Surfboards and Zephyr Productions Surf Shop in Santa Monica, California. [1] [2] He also helped to create the Zephyr Surf Team and the Zephyr Competition Team, a.k.a. Z-Boys. Engblom was never a remarkable skateboarder himself but was a big ...
From 1999 to 2007, Morey focused on developing new, soft-surfboard technology. He handmade these boards in a small workshop in Carlsbad, California. His most famous of these was the Swizzle, a parabolic-shaped longboard design. Morey marketed and sold the boards under the name Surfboards by Y. Morey died on 14 October 2021 at the age of 86. [9]
surf racing Dave Daum, founder of Kings Paddle Sports in the Southern California beach town of Carlsbad, said it all started when a member of a surf racing team wanted to attach a hydrofoil to his ...
Bruce Jones was a founding pioneer in the surfboard shaping industry.. The company he founded, Bruce Jones Surfboards, has built premium surfboards since 1973. Jones developed his skills by working with industry pioneers Hobart Alter founder of Hobie, Gordon Duane founder of Gordie Surfboards, and Dick Brewer founder of Dick Brewer Surfboards.
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.
The Z-boys began as a surf team for the Zephyr surfboard shop at Santa Monica. Jeff Ho, Skip Engblom, and Craig Stecyk opened the shop, titled Jeff Ho Surfboards and Zephyr Production Team, in 1973, and they soon begin recruiting young locals to represent them in surfing competitions. 14 year old Nathan Pratt was the first member of the team; he originally had worked in the shop as an ...