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SoCal’s 1st Surfer Back at HB Pier After 100 Years
Published on: May 07, 2014
By C. MacDonald
100 years ago, the legendary George Freeth demonstrated surfing for the first time to amazed people in Huntington Beach, CA. An artistic surfboard, created in his honor as part of “Surfboards on Parade,” is now being exhibited at The Surf City Store on the Huntington Beach Pier until August 17, 2014.
The darker sequoia wood on the 6-foot-2 alai’a board is more than 1,000 years old! The board, which features Freeth’s portrait and more, was shaped by Jon Wegener. Nathan Paul Gibb’s acrylic art is impressive, showing Freeth rising from the ocean in front of the Pacific Electric Railway’s Big Red Car logo. Read more…>
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