After it was proven that surf-pop-culture artist Rick Griffin’s MURPHY was of Hawaiian ancestry, Surf Museum Hawaii (SMH) has worked tirelessly to curate the world’s most...
Jack O’Neill launched the first surf wear brand in 1952 when he opened the O’Neill surf shop in San Francisco, followed by his second more...
Body surfing instruments come by a trifecta of names; hand boards, hand planes, and the more recent addition – hand foils. The differences are subtle,...
SMF has added yet another near-century old magazine to our world class collection of lifestyle ephemera featuring surfing on the cover, with Hawaii as the...
Ever since it was unveiled that surf-pop-culture artist Rick Griffin’s MURPHY was of Hawaiian ancestry, Surf Museum Hawaii (SMH) has worked tirelessly to curate the...
Perform a Google search for “who invented the thruster surfboard” or “who invented the tri-fin surfboard”. Never mind, we’ll do it for you: In each...
We don’t use the “holy grail” expression as much as other vintage surf collectors and curators do, but when it comes to early 1900s lifestyle...
New to the SMH surfing ephemera collection, is this highly sought after Surfers Annual, published by Greg Noll in 1960 with illustrations by Rick Griffin....
Natural History magazine was founded at the turn of the 20th century (1900) by the American Museum of Natural History in New York as The American...
Paradise of the Pacific Hawaii was a periodical/magazine promoting tourism and investment in Hawaii. The last king and penultimate monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom, King Kalakaua,...
“Odi profanum vulgus et arceo” The above quote was inscribed by Miki Dora on a personal board that was crafted for him in his twilight...
Featured images: Honolulu Star Advertiser + Clarence Maki Next to Duke Kahanamoku, no name is as synonymous with the Waikiki Beach Boy mystique as Albert...
- 3 February 2025
Surf Museum Hawaii has acquired an excellent condition contest program for the 9th annual International Surfing Championships at Makaha Beach, circa 1962. The annual competition...
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...
