Month: January 2025

Ed Searfoss Country Surfboards Haleiwa Hawaii

Author: Marcus M | SMH Chief Curator One of the many missions of Surf Museum Hawaii (SMH) is to shine a spotlight on the under-appreciated...

San Francisco Chronicle December 4 1921

The San Francisco Chronicle was founded in 1865. The newspaper served the Bay Area, which is where Hawaiian Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole and his brothers...

World Outlook Magazine Surfing Cover May 1920-2

World Outlook magazine was created and published by Willard Price, a Methodist leader, writer, and editor who was born in 1887. Price had a penchant...

Chicago Ledger the Surf Riders August 1928

Sometimes we’re able to secure ephemera from collectors who have taken great care to preserve the delicate pages and ink that recorded a moment in...

Judge Magazine March 1937 Surfing Cover

Surf Museum Hawaii (SMH) has added another rare piece to our growing ephemera collection. This one is unlike the usual suspect travel magazines of the...

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