World Class Surfers Attend 2009 Luau
Hey You Surfing Historians, Dudes, Gidgets, Goofies, Grommets, Groms, Kooks, Regulars, Shubies, Wannabies and other Surfing Interested Individuals… Don’t Miss Your Chance to Meet Truly World class Surfers! Really Check these Guys Out! Come with Questions…they know it all…almost! See Steve Pezman’s YouTube Invitation to You here or High-Definition here They come direct to you, courtesy of the Surfing Heritage Foundation! Famous Surfing Personalities to Appear at the Dana Point Historical Society’s Annual Endless Summer Hawaiian Luau. Come get autographs and the...
read moreTandem Surfing
Tandem Surfing presented by Steve & Barrie Boehne Tandem surfing is one man and one woman on one surfboard on one wave.1 It was practiced by many surfers in the 1950′s and 1960′s, including world-class greats Walter Hoffman and Joan Jones, Barrie Boehne with Steve Boehne and Pete Peterson2,3, and Hobie Alter with Laurie Hoover, all well known in Dana Point. “One couple became synonymous with the sport within a sport — Steve and Barrie Boehne. Steve, a tandem rider since 1961, and Barrie, a former champion of the Makaha International, when matched with Peterson, went...
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Tom Morey and the Boogie Board “Creator of the original Boogie Board, Tom Morey, (now 68) has been surfing since he was a kid. He started the body board wave that came crashing down on Southern California’s beaches.”1 In 1973, he trademarked the name Morey Boogie for $10 and scrounged together enough money to place a quarter-page ad in Surfing magazine. Demand for Morey’s boards was practically zero at first, followed by an incredibly slow yet steady ignition fueled by years of pitching and pushing. By 1977, he was producing 80,000 per year and during the peak of summer,...
read moreBeach Road Surfing Brotherhood
The Beach Road Surfing Brotherhood Beach Road and its Capistrano Beach was the focal point of the so-called “Dana Point Mafia”*, so named (perhaps inappropriately) by the Los Angeles Times, and others associated with developing the surfing industry. Brief descriptions of these men in alphabetical order follow: Alter, Hobie: surfer, tandem surfer, skier, motorcyclist, swimmer and all-around waterman in his youth; became synonymous with the foam and fiberglass surfboard in the late 1950’s and early 1960’s; designed and manufactured successfully in surfboards, catamarans (largest...
read moreThe Outrigger Canoe
Lorrin “Whitey” Harrison and the Outrigger Canoe “Lorrin ‘Whitey’ Harrison lived life totally for the moment. All of those moments were steeped in tradition. They ranged from his wife Cecelia’s family adobe dating back to the late 1700′s, where she was raised and where they resided together from 1946 to Lorrin’s death in 1993. Another tradition was Lorrin’s early surfing along the California coast beginning in the late ’20s and Hawaii in the early ’30s. Outrigger was added to this list in the late ’50s. Dana Outrigger (Canoe Club) is...
read moreHome of the Catamaran
Dana Point/Capistrano Beach: Home of Catamaran and Sailing Champions Alter, Hobie: Designer/Manufacturer of the Hobie Cat; Catamaran Sailor Magazine’s National Hall of Fame Schafer, Wayne: two Hobie 14 National Championships, two Hobie 16 Southern California Divisionals, retired the Ancient Mariner Series trophy at Newport Beach after winning it three times, and won the McCullock Trophy for best all-around sailor in a Hobie 16 at Lake Havasu in 1971; Catamaran Sailor Magazine’s National Hall of Fame Alter, Hobie Junior: 1978 Hobie 14 and Hobie 18 Nationals; two more Hobie 18 Nationals,...
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The Dana Point Historical Society advocates to formally acknowledge the collection of historic buildings that contribute to the eclectic visual character of the community and serve as reminders of Dana Point’s rich and colorful past, for the enrichment of current and future generations. Dana Point’s historic buildings give a sense continuity and security to the citizens of Dana Point.