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History of Surfing

A Surfboard for Everybody
Tom Blake Redesigns the Sport

Interviews

Tom Blake

Features

"MANUAL OF SURFBOARD TECHNIQUE" by TOM BLAKE (1935)
A READING FROM THE BOOK OF BLAKE
AUTO-FOCUS: TOM BLAKE BY TOM BLAKE
DIY 1939: BUILD A HOLLOW SURFBOARD
PRE-WAR PHOTOGRAPHS OF WAIKIKI BY TOM BLAKE

The Sunday Joint

SUNDAY JOINT, 10-19-2025: TOM BLAKE'S SINGULAR ACHIEVEMENT
SUNDAY JOINT, 10-23-2022: HIP CHECK
SUNDAY JOINT, 10-29-2023: THE UNKNOWABLE TOM BLAKE
SUNDAY JOINT, 3-17-2019: BLAKE'S HOLLOW PROMISES; RIP DICK DALE AND GARY PROPPER

Videos

Hollow Surfboard
Riding Hollow Boards in Australia During the 1940s
Tom Blake interview (1989)

Contests

1928 Pacific Coast Surf Riding Championships
1938 Pacific Coast Surf Riding Championships
Winners, Pacific Coast Surf Riding Championships, 1928 - 1941