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Palos Verdes Cove, 1930s

Credits: Doc Ball

Encyclopedia of Surfing
  • Ball, John “Doc”
  • Grannis, LeRoy
  • Hawkins, Mary Ann
  • hollow surfboard
  • Palos Verdes
History of Surfing
  • A Touch of Glamour
  • Freezing the Moment with Doc Ball
  • Palos Verdes Surfing Club
  • What Depression?
Interviews
  • Doc Ball
Features
  • "BORED? TRY SURFING: RUGGED NEW BEACH SPORT DRAWS FOLLOWERS; CLUB MEETS HERE" (1935)
  • 1956: EXCERPT FROM "THE NINTH WAVE," BY EUGENE BURDICK
  • DIY 1935: BUILD A PLANK SURFBOARD
  • JOHN "DOC" BALL: HOW TO FIX A TROUBLED SOUL
  • THAT EMPTY FEELING: AN ILLUSTRATED SERIES OF MOSTLY UNKIND THOUGHTS ON TOM BLAKE'S HOLLOW SURFBOARD
The Sunday Joint
  • SUNDAY JOINT, 2-14-2021: DUKE CAPTURES THE FLAG; PLUS TULIE CLARK AND ILIMA KALAMA
  • SUNDAY JOINT, 7-17-2022: LONG BEACH FLOOD CONTROL – THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS GIVETH, THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS TAKETH AWAY
Videos
  • Hollow Surfboard
  • Lunada Bay '62
  • Malibu, 1940s
  • Plank Surfboard
  • SS Dominator, Lunada Bay, 1961