A-frame

Aaberg, Denny

Aaberg, Kemp

Abberton, Koby

Abbruzzi, Sid

Abellira, Reno

Abubo, Megan

academia and surfing

Adler, Tom

advertising and surfing

Aeder, Erik

aerial

Aguerre, Fernando

Aichner, Scott

Aikau, Clyde

Aikau, Eddie

Aipa, Ben

air-drop

airbrush

Airshow

Ala Moana

Alabama

alaia board

Alaska

alcohol and surfing

Alexander, Kala

Allen, Chuck

Alms, Paige

aloha shirt

Alter, Hobie

Alvarez, Pepe

Ancell, Kevin

Andaman Islands

Andersen, Lisa

Anderson, Craig

Anderson, Simon

Andino, Kolohe

Angel, Jose

angle

Angola

Angourie

Antarctica

Apocalypse Now

Arabian Sea

Aragon, Janice

Arakawa, Eric

Archbold, Matt

Arena, Eduardo

Ashton, Juan

Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP)

Atlantic Ocean

August, Robert

Aurness, Rolf

Auster, Ken

Australia

Avalon, Frankie

Azores

backdoor

backside

backside attack, Pipeline

backwash

bail out

Bain, Rob

Baja California

Baker, Bernie

Baker, Grant “Twiggy”

Baker, Tim

Bali

Ball, John “Doc”

Ballard, Bill

Ballard, Rochelle

balsa

Baltic Sea

Banks, Jim

Barbados

Barilotti, Steve

Barland, Michel

Barreda, Sergio “Gordo”

Barry, Michael

Bartholomew, Wayne

Baxter, Jackie

Bay of Bengal

Beach Boys, The

Beacham, Debbie

beachboys

beachbreak

Beachcomber Bills Grand Prix

Beachley, Layne

beavertail

Becker, Phil

Bedford-Brown, Stuart

Belgium

Bells Beach

Bendall, Ma and Pa

Bennett, Barry

Benson, Becky

Benson, Blanche

Benson, Linda

Bermuda

Bertlemann, Larry

Education-minded surf contest administrator from Southern California by way of the American south; cofounder in 1978 of the National Scholastic Surfing Association (NSSA), and cofounder shortly thereafter of the United States Surfing Federation (USSF). 

Allen was born (1936) and raised in Oklahoma, trained racehorses and competed in rodeos as a young man, moved to Southern California in 1960 to work in banking, and became interested in surfing in 1977 when he decided to help organize a surf team at his sons' high school. The following year, working with teacher/coaches John Rothrock and Tom Gibbons, Allen formed the NSSA, an organization first noted for its link to education (members were required to stay in school and maintain a 2.0 GPA), and later for producing top world pro tour competitors such as Tom Curren, Kim Mearig, Rob Machado, Andy Irons, and Carissa Moore. 

Allen also cofounded the USSF, which, in keeping with the convoluted feud-prone nature of amateur competitive surfing, soon became an NSSA adversary.

Allen coached the Huntington Beach High School surf team from 1981 to 1988, taking them to seven consecutive national titles, and in 1984 he helped coach the American national team to victory in the World Surfing Championships. Allen served as NSSA president from 1978 to 1988. 

Turning his attention to mountain sports, he founded the United States of America Snowboard Association in 1989 and the All-Terrain Boarding Association in 1999. He was inducted in 1999 into the Huntington Beach Surfing Walk of Fame. Allen passed away from emphysema-related complications in 2011.

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