Surf History

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....

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

Author: Marcus M | SMH Chief Curator Butler, 1858 (source) Around 315,000 BC, Thag and Zorak, two of the first homo-sapiens, were lounging around their...

Surf Museum Hawaii (SMH) is building up its ephemera collection. Some of the printed antiquities will be a part of the permanent exhibit, and others...

Hobie Surfboards is without question the most enduring brand in surfing. Dale Velzy may have been the first to open a board shaping brick and...