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In 1959 at age 11, he placed 3rd in his first surf contest, the inaugural U.S. Surfboard Championship, at Huntington Beach, the first major surf contest ever to be held in California. He helped design the first authentic surf trunks with Nancy Katin, which are still in production today.
Katin, however, continued to sew surf trunks in the back room of the Surfside store, selling them up front and through the same loyal network of surf shops. In 1986 Nancy Katin died. The Katins had no children, and Nancy left the business to her friend and seamstress, Sato Hughes, who had begun sewing trunks for the couple in 1961. [ 2 ]
International Surf Festival: Southbay beach area of Los Angeles in Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, Redondo, Torrance, California United States: 1961 ISA World Junior Surfing Games Ecuador Salinas: Ecuador: Ku Ikaika Challenge: Makaha Beach, Mākaha, Hawai'i, Oahu: United States: 2008 Lion Foundation Surf League: New Zealand: Noosa Festival of ...
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Jamie Mitchell, right, and Ross Clarke-Jones, both of Australia, surf in the Eddie Aikau big-wave surfing contest in Waimea Bay near Haliewa, Hawaii on Feb. 25, 2016. One of the world's most ...
The U.S. Open of Surfing is a week-long surfing competition held annually during the summer in Huntington Beach, California. Generally held on the south side of the Huntington Beach Pier , the U.S. Open is part of the qualification process for the World Surf League and is a WSL QS 10,000 event.
The Duke Kahanamoku Invitational Surfing Championship is named in honor of the "Father of Modern Surfing", Duke Paoa Kahinu Mokoe Hulikohola Kahanamoku.The contest began in 1965 by invitation only at Sunset Beach on the North Shore of Oʻahu until it was replaced by the Billabong Pro in 1985.