Brad Basham, who helped shape generations of surfboard makers, won’t easily be forgotten. A plaque has been added to the Catalyst at Bashams Surf Shop, dedicating the building and his former shop in ...

Hobie Alter’s dad was fed up with the wood shavings making a mess of his Laguna Beach garage. So he bought a lot in nearby Dana Point – back when there was only a gas station and a small hotel with a ...

In 1952 Jack O'Neill opened the first-ever "surf shop" in Santa Cruz, a novel idea that soon spread throughout California and Hawaii. It took some years more before there was enough demand to warrant ...