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International Surfing Museum - Event 3

I signed their guest book

            On August 1, 2013 I went to the International Surfing Museum located in Huntington Beach, CA.  It is a non-profit museum that teaches one about the history of surfing.  The museum was small but filled with tons of interesting information and tons of surfboards even one from way back in 1919.  I learned how about surfboards have changed over time.

            One surfboard in the museum is from 1919 and is made out of solid redwood planks and was 9 feet, 4 inches long.  This board is very heavy but it does float but after a while of being in the water it will start to sink so surfers would have to come out of the water let the board dry.  The style did not change much through the years but as technology advanced so did surfboards. They started to make wood surfboards hollow (they would still fill up with water but gave surfers about an hour to an hour and half in the water). On these hollow boards they also had drain plugs to help the board drain as fast as possible.

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            Another interesting thing I learned from this museum was about a man named Robb Havassy.  He loved surfing and was passionate about the ocean since he was young. Robb did not only have a passion for surfing he also enjoyed art, he painted one of his surfboards and without permission Hollister Co. replicated 350 copies of his board and placed them in front of every Hollister store.  Once he found out that this company stole his art, a big lawsuit started. He won the lawsuit and he donated all the replicated boards to this museum in Huntington Beach.  I found this story pretty crazy that a big company would think it is okay to copy someone’s artwork even it is on a surfboard.  I would have thought this company would have 

 had more common sense than that!

Robb's surfboard that was replicated

Robb's surfboard that was replicated

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            My experience at this museum was not only about how surfboards have changed over time but it was also about art in so many ways!  If you’re ever in Huntington Beach I would highly recommend you go check out this museum.  The man running the museum was I was there was full of information and could tell you anything and everything you wanted to know about surfboards and the history behind surfing! This was a really cool experience!