Category Legends

David Nuuhiwa

David Nuuhiwa is a Hawaiian-born surfer who is famous for both his smooth style and incred­i­ble noserid­ing abil­i­ties. A com­pet­i­tive surfer, Nuuhiwa was regarded as the finest surfer of the ‘60s and who eas­ily made the tran­si­tion to short­boards in the ‘70s. We caught up with David to talk about surf­ing, style, and Hendrix.

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Linda Benson

Linda Ben­son is a Cal­i­for­nia surfer who was the first woman to ride Waimea Bay. She com­peted for 10 years in the ‘60s, win­ning titles in both the West Coast Cham­pi­onships and the US Cham­pi­onships. Still mak­ing surf­ing a part of her life, Linda was gra­cious enough to share her story.

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Gerry Lopez

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Hawaiian-born surfer Gerry Lopez needs no intro­duc­tion. One of the pio­neers of The Pipeline, his smooth and grace­ful rid­ing in con­trast with the pow­er­ful wave has made him an icon. Later, his trav­els to exotic places like G-Land fur­ther rein­forced his leg­endary sta­tus. We were for­tu­nate to ask him a few questions.

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Paul Strauch

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Paul Strauch is a Hawaiian-born surfer who is best known for his Cheater Five and smooth, grace­ful style both in and out of the water. Now based in Cal­i­for­nia, Paul shares with us his phi­los­o­phy and how impor­tant it is to surf through life with aloha, no mat­ter the conditions.

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Doc Paskowitz

Doc Paskowitz has been surf­ing for a very long time. And in that time he has learned what it means to be a man, how to have a good rela­tion­ships, and surf with Aloha. In this issue, he shares with us his deep wis­dom and love for the ocean.
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Bing Copeland

Bing Copeland is the founder of Bing Surf­boards, one of the best known brands of the ‘60s. Bing Surf­boards pro­duced the famous David Nuuhiwa Noserider and intro­duced The Bonzer with the Camp­bell Broth­ers. Bing took some time and speak with us.

What was grow­ing up in the South Bay like for you?
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