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Yes! We're Open: Surf Shops of the '50s and '60s

Encyclopedia of Surfing
  • Alter, Hobie
  • Copeland, Bing
  • Dillon, Scott
  • Hansen, Don
  • Hobie Surfboards
History of Surfing
  • Hobie vs Velzy vs the IRS
  • Houses of the Holy
  • Panic on the Showroom Floor
Interviews
  • Bing Copeland
  • Dale Velzy
  • Dewey Weber
  • Don Hansen
  • Gordon Woods
Features
  • "DROP TILL YOU SHOP: WHY THE SURF SHOP IS SACRED GROUND," NICK CARROLL (2000)
  • "IT WAS BETTER THAN BEING A LIFEGUARD!" INTERVIEW WITH SURF-INDUSTRY KINGPIN HOBIE ALTER (2013)
  • "SHOP TALK," BY SAM GEORGE (1989)
  • 1963 LOS ANGELES SURF FAIR HANDBILL
  • LIGHTNING BOLT ORIGINS, TRIVIA, AND A QUICK GERRY LOPEZ INTERVIEW
The Sunday Joint
  • SUNDAY JOINT, 1-16-2022: CONFESSIONS OF A SOUTH BAY SHOP BOY
  • SUNDAY JOINT, 10-22-2017: SURF SHOPS, RENNY YATER, GARY GREEN
  • SUNDAY JOINT, 12-26-2021: RIP HAP JACOBS; JOAN DIDION REVIEWS "RIDE THE WILD SURF"
Videos
  • Dale Velzy
  • Gerry Lopez sells a board at Lightning Bolt (1972)
  • Shane Surfboards promo footage
  • Torquay, 1970, from "Weekend Magazine"