Preserving Surf Culture
There are surfboard collectors, and then there are people like Buggs who have made it their mission to preserve historic boards and share the stoke via surfboardline.com. Who are you? … Continue Reading Mark “Buggs” Arico / Montana
Over the past 50 years, Greg Webber has experimented with unorthodox shapes, including full concave bottoms in the early 1990s when other shapers were still using the V – on … Continue Reading Greg Webber / Avalon
Jim Banks was never convinced by the professional surf tour and left after a few years to dedicate his life to surfboard shaping and explore all of Indonesia, where he … Continue Reading Jim Banks / Bali
Pierre-Bernard Gascogne is one of the most important European surf (industry) pioneer: he founded Surf System in the early 80s and in 1986 the first French surf magazine “Surf Session”… … Continue Reading Pierre-Bernard Gascogne / Basque Country
After a year on the North Shore, Don traveled back to California and started Hansen Surfboards, that was in 1961. The demand for Hansen surfboards was just exploding and so … Continue Reading Don Hansen / Cardiff
Sam Cole started collecting unknowingly with the first surfboard he bought in the early 90’s… 25 years later, on a flat rainy day, he started together with his girlfriend “The … Continue Reading Sam Cole / Cornwall
Fitenia Surf Shop is the oldest surf shop in Santa Cruz, if you come to Tenerife, you have to visit it – Carlos is the owner and joined the vintage … Continue Reading Carlos García / Tenerife
Surfing won’t be the same without Randy’s involvement, together with Fred Hemming he is the initiator of professional surfing , he managed the Triple Crown of Surfing, travelled through over … Continue Reading Randy Rarick / Sunset Beach
After 25 years of accumulating surf stuff, Graeme Langford decided to sell off a part of his collection including vintage surfboards, mags, posters and other memorabilia on his website, here is … Continue Reading Graeme Langford / Valla
Spider Murphy is shaping boards for over a 55 year period, he has developed a consultative style that brings out the best from some of the world’s most innovative surfers. … Continue Reading Spider Murphy / Durban