A-frame

Aaberg, Denny

Aaberg, Kemp

Abberton, Koby

Abbruzzi, Sid

Abellira, Reno

Abubo, Megan

academia and surfing

Adler, Tom

advertising and surfing

Aeder, Erik

aerial

Aguerre, Fernando

Aichner, Scott

Aikau, Clyde

Aikau, Eddie

Aipa, Ben

air-drop

airbrush

Airshow

Ala Moana

Alabama

alaia board

Alaska

alcohol and surfing

Alexander, Kala

Alexandre, João (Dapin)

Allen, Chuck

Alms, Paige

aloha shirt

Alter, Hobie

Alvarez, Pepe

Ancell, Kevin

Andaman Islands

Andersen, Lisa

Anderson, Craig

Anderson, Simon

Andino, Kolohe

Angel, Jose

angle

Angola

Angourie

Antarctica

Apocalypse Now

Arabian Sea

Aragon, Janice

Arakawa, Eric

Archbold, Matt

Arena, Eduardo

Ashton, Juan

Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP)

Atlantic Ocean

August, Robert

Aurness, Rolf

Auster, Ken

Australia

Avalon, Frankie

Azores

backdoor

backside

backside attack, Pipeline

backwash

bail out

Bain, Rob

Baja California

Baker, Bernie

Baker, Grant “Twiggy”

Baker, Tim

Bali

Ball, John “Doc”

Ballard, Bill

Ballard, Rochelle

balsa

Baltic Sea

Banks, Jim

Barbados

Barilotti, Steve

Barland, Michel

Barreda, Sergio “Gordo”

Barry, Michael

Bartholomew, Wayne

Baxter, Jackie

Bay of Bengal

Beach Boys, The

Beacham, Debbie

beachboys

beachbreak

Beachcomber Bills Grand Prix

Beachley, Layne

beavertail

Becker, Phil

Bedford-Brown, Stuart

Belgium

Bells Beach

Bendall, Ma and Pa

Bennett, Barry

Benson, Becky

Benson, Blanche

Benson, Linda

Bermuda

Mustachioed surfer/artist/board-maker from San Clemente, California; an early backer of the longboard resurrection, and owner of Stewart Surfboards. Stewart was born (1951) in Bowling Green, Kentucky, grew up in Hollywood, Florida, began surfing in 1963 and shaping boards in 1967. He moved to Southern California in 1971, worked for Hobie, Rick James, and South Shore, and opened Stewart Surfboards in 1979 in Laguna Beach. 

When Stewart moved his business to San Clemente, his boards were best known for their extravagant Stewart-applied airbrush designs; in 1990 CNN commemorated the end of the Cold War by presenting Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev with a Stewart surfboard decorated with airbrushed Soviet and American flags. In 1984, Stewart developed the Hydro Hull, a double-concave bottom design he used on longboards and shortboards. 

An Office Depot television ad, with close-up water shots of Stewart riding at San Onofre, aired nationally during 60 Minutes and the 1994 NFL playoffs.

Stewart, Bill

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