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Doc Ball

California, 1990s

Guys would get back from the war—the ones who survived—and they were hungry for waves. We had an outlet. Surf was it.

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Guys would get back from the war—the ones who survived—and they were hungry for waves. We had an outlet. Surf was it.

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Encyclopedia of Surfing
  • Ball, John “Doc”
  • Chapin, Gard
  • Grannis, LeRoy
  • Harrison, Lorrin "Whitey"
  • James, Dr. Don
History of Surfing
  • Freezing the Moment with Doc Ball
  • Palos Verdes Surfing Club
  • Surfing the Newsstand
  • The Magic Wave
  • What Depression?
Interviews
  • Calvin "Tulie" Clark
  • Doc Ball
  • LeRoy Grannis
  • Pete Peterson
  • Tom Blake
Features
  • "BORED? TRY SURFING: RUGGED NEW BEACH SPORT DRAWS FOLLOWERS; CLUB MEETS HERE" (1935)
  • JOHN "DOC" BALL: HOW TO FIX A TROUBLED SOUL
  • MALIBU: DIVING FOR PEARLS
  • WE SACRIFICED THE BEST WAVE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TO SAVE DEMOCRACY: THE RISE AND FALL OF LONG BEACH FLOOD CONTROL
  • WELL-REGULATED: THE PALOS VERDES SURFING CLUB
The Sunday Joint
  • SUNDAY JOINT, 2-14-2021: DUKE CAPTURES THE FLAG; PLUS TULIE CLARK AND ILIMA KALAMA
  • SUNDAY JOINT, 3-5-2023: SKIN IN THE GAME
  • SUNDAY JOINT, 7-17-2022: LONG BEACH FLOOD CONTROL – THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS GIVETH, THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS TAKETH AWAY
  • SUNDAY JOINT, 8-8-2021: “FIND WHAT YOU LOVE AND LET IT KILL YOU”—WITH LAUGHTER!
  • SUNDAY JOINT, 9-2-2018: DOC BALL, MICHAEL BURNESS
Videos
  • Doc Ball Skateboarding at Age 92
  • Palos Verdes Cove, 1930s