Malibu
Definitive California pointbreak, often described as the "original perfect wave," located on the northern arm of Santa Monica Bay in Los Angeles County; a surf-culture hothouse, and the center for much of the advancement in surfing performance and board design from the mid-40s to the mid-60s. "Malibu," surf journalist Paul Gross wrote, "is the exact spot on earth where ancient surfing became modern surfing."
Malibu's south-facing cobblestone point is roughly 400 yards long from the famous wo...
Encyclopedia of Surfing
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Blog
- SO MANY WAYS TO GET TO PERFECT. HERE ARE 26.
- TUBESTEAK: “WE WEREN’T DIVERS OR FISHERMEN. WE WERE SURFERS!”
- MALIBU: DIVING FOR PEARLS
- THE KNEE-BUCKLING ROSE-TINTED POWER OF MALIBU
- FULL MOON OVER MALIBU: DORA’S CHEEKY PRANK STILL BURNS BRIGHT
- MATT KIVLIN, 1929 – 2014
- WAS SURFING FUNNY BEFORE TUBESTEAK?
- LANCE CARSON HANGS TEN, KO’S JOHN BARLEYCORN, STARTS SURFRIDER FOUNDATION
- “WINNER TAKE ALL: OR $50,000 CASH – MICKEY DORA’S CHALLENGE”
- 1965 MALIBU INVITATIONAL: PHOTOG BRAD BARRETT STOKES THE FIRES, LITERALLY, OF HIS PAST
- 1957: EXCERPT FROM “GIDGET,” BY FREDERICK KOHNER
- 1975: “THE WISA HAPPENING AT MALIBU,” BY KEVIN NAUGHTON
- SAM REID: THE ORIGINAL GRUMPY OLD SURFER
- BRAD BARRETT PRESENTS THE 1969 MALIBU AAAA
- “MAN ON A PERMANENT VACATION,” JOHNNY FAIN PROFILE IN VENTURE MAGAZINE (1966)
- “GIDGET GIRLS,” NEWSWEEK (2002)
- “KEMP AABERG: GRACE AND CHARM AND ART AND BEAUTY,” PROFILE BY RUSS SPENCER (1999)
- A LOOK BACK AT MALIBU’S JOJO PERRIN
Sunday Joint
- SUNDAY JOINT, 2-21-2021: ACHTUNG, TOMMY ZAHN!
- SUNDAY JOINT, 6-27-2021: ALOHA AND THANK YOU, JOE QUIGG
- SUNDAY JOINT, 3-13-2022: THE BITTERSWEET BALLAD OF JOHNNY FAIN
- SUNDAY JOINT, 12-9-2018: JOHNNY FAIN, LAST OF THE ORIGINAL HOTDOGGERS
- SUNDAY JOINT, 9-11-2022: VICKI FLAXMAN BRINGS THE SHADE AND THE JOY: “WE DON’T RIDE THE SOUP; WE’RE IN THE CURL, HONEY!”
- SUNDAY JOINT, 6-4-2023: EVERYTHING BUT THE TALLAHATCHIE BRIDGE
- SUNDAY JOINT, 9-24-2023: LIKE THEY SAY – “WONDER IS THE HEAVIEST ELEMENT ON THE PERIODIC TABLE,” EXCEPT FOR RUSTY MILLER’S SURFBOARD
Videos
- "Malibu U," Episode #7 (1967)
- 1965 Malibu Invitational
- 1966 Malibu Invitational
- 1975 WISA International Championships, Malibu
- Displacement Hulls at Malibu, 1969
- Donald Takayama: Long Wave, Short Board
- J Riddle
- Joe Quigg
- Johnny Fain
- Lance Carson
- (Video) Magic Moments: The Perfect Wave
- Malibu Chip Surfboard
- Malibu, 1940s
- Malibu, 1960s
- Miki Dora
- Monster from New Zealand, 1975
- Shoot the Pier
- Terry "Tubesteak" Tracy
- Tom Zahn
Contests
- 1962 Malibu Invitational
- 1963 Malibu Invitational
- 1964 Malibu Invitational
- 1965 Malibu Invitational
- 1966 Malibu Invitational
- 1967 Malibu Invitational
- 1968 Malibu Invitational
- 1969 Malibu AAAA (1)
- 1969 Malibu AAAA (2)
- 1971 Malibu AAAA
- 1973 Malibu AAAA
- 1974 Malibu AAAA
- 1975 Hang Ten Women's International Pro Surfing Championships