The first event that I attended was the International
Surfing Museum in Huntington Beach and I learned a lot about the history of
surfing. Growing up near the beach and going surfing with my dad on the
weekends I was very interested in attending this museum. When visiting Huntington
beach during the summers growing up, I had always walked past this museum but
now after learning to appreciate more subjects throughout this class I was
happy that I was able to truly appreciate the content inside.
Me at the International Surfing Museum
It was a lot smaller than I had orginally thought but what
was interesting to read about was the history and development of surfing and
body surfing and how each of them developed to what we know and love today.
What interested me the most was the evolution of the surfboard, not only with
how it was built, but also with how the culture changed along with the
different structures of the surfboards.
As I walked into the museum there are different structures
of surfboards on the walls and the history and stories about them with it. The
most interesting surfboard to me was the very first one, it was truly a work of
art and changed the game for competitive surfing from then on. George Freeth competed on the original surfboard model and is now considered a legend in the surfing world.
In the back of the museum is an exhibit on how a surfboard
today is shaped and how much work and thought is put in to creating a work of
art that we know as surfboards. It was really interesting to see the love for
the surfing community and the art of surfing in this small museum that is run
by volunteers and donations.
The exhibit of shaping of surfboards (photographed is my friend Kelsey)
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