Comments on: John Van Hamersveld

By: Marty Neumeier

Marty Neumeier — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:28:40 +0000

I remember well John’s work in Surfer magazine. I bought the very first issue and I had his Endless Summer poster on my bedroom wall. Like John, my first board was a Velzy Jacobs – which was made of balsa wood and weighed 30 pounds (aargh).

I remember Bing’s as the boards with fractured noses from hitting the rocks. They were too thin on the front edge – but they looked s-o-o elegant.

By: John Van Hamersveld

John Van Hamersveld — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:23:36 +0000

“GeoSurf” (staged by Van Hamersveld, Harris and Henning in 1991), was a group of surfer’s having a conference on septic tanks/ Malibu Pollution at Surfrider State, Beach. This happened 18 years ago for the City of Malibu to understand their public problems with surfers getting sick in their L.A. county public beach ocean waters.

Reality set in finally… LA Times
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/11/hundreds-pack-malibu-septic-tank-hearings-.html

By: Julian Ryder

Julian Ryder — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:54:42 +0000

Glenn, I love this site! I have The Endless Summer signed by John and Bruce Brown hanging in my office and a big Jimi Hendrix hanging in my dining room at home. A pleasure to read about these icons who defined the era I grew up in. Any thoughts about interviewing Mike Salisbury?

By: Heidi Stephens

Heidi Stephens — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:49:20 +0000

Cool little article on some of the story and spirit behind a romantic piece of So Cal culture. Our little slice of heaven defined for the rest of the world by art. Talk about leaving a part of yourself behind… No giving up, Hamersveld! Channel some of that energy about scurvy pollution of our oceans into fighting to clean it up!

By: Mike Salisbury

Mike Salisbury — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:48:14 +0000

Great story and art–of course.