Surf History

Hawaiian Islands Vintage Surf Auction Videos

On our schedule of Vintage Surfboard and Memorabilia Auctions (view here) we provided a “gone but not forgotten” shout-out to the Hawaiian Islands Vintage Surf...

Surf Auctions Surfboard Auction

As curators of surf memorabilia, our team is tasked to comb through surf swap meets, antique markets, and private collections all over the islands and...

Vintage Surfboard Collectors

Author: Marcus Maraih (@marcus_ocean) Do you know why the team behind Surf Museum Hawaii (SMH) started the project? So we’d have a place to store...

Best Surf Podcasts for Fans of Surfing History 2024-2025

Surfers are serious content consumers. We have to be, given that wave conditions rarely cooperate with our idle time. In the beginning, consumption habits generally...

Best Surf Books for Vintage Surfboard and Memorabilia Collectors

Author: Marcus Maraih The team at Surf Museum Hawaii (SMH) is haunted by vintage surfboards, surf memorabilia, and related collectibles. We’d be unqualified curators of...

Surfboard Logos - Best Surf Logos All Time

There is no overstating the importance of a surfboard logo, which is ironic given that ancient Hawaiians (the architects of surfing) refused to adorn boards...

Surf Museums USA

Surf Museum Hawaii (SMH) is where the world comes to appreciate surf history and culture while in the archipelagic embrace of the Hawaiian Islands –...

Surfboard Fin History Evolution

The Society of American Archaeology defines its discipline as “the study of the ancient and recent human past through material remains”. Archaeological records generally focus...

Who Brought Surfing to California

Surfing as the world knows it began in Polynesia, with its strongest roots taking hold in the Hawaiian archipelago. Despite a few nations’ recent attempts...

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Opening 2026

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