History of the Surfing town of Huntington Beach California
aka Surf City USA
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Huntington Beach (HB) has been long known for its long 8.5 miles of beautiful beach, mild climate, and excellent surfing, earning it the nickname of Surf City USA.
Huntington Beach (HB) is bordered by the Pacific Ocean on the west, and has been long known for its long 8.5 miles of beautiful beach, mild climate, and excellent surfing, earning it the nickname of Surf City. But the history of Huntington Beach is not what you might expect. A quick look at the photos with the countless oil rigs above may shock you.
Huntington Beach, California – From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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Huntington Beach is a Surf Town, first and foremost, period. And these are Hardcore Surfers with a rich heritage of charging it; No daylight needed.
Infinity Surfboards Shop was one of the dominant surf shops in Huntington Beach, directly across from the north-side of Huntington Pier.
Huntington Beach sponsors countless surf contests each year, with the Vans U.S. Open of Surfing being the 10,000 point event.
Huntington Beach has long been the home of both professional as well as amateur surf contests, even a surf class at local Edison High School, Tower 1 6:30-7:30am.
(That is me in the short john in a WSA surf contest in 1984).
Huntington Beach is the site of the world surfing championships, held in the summer every year. The city is often referred to as “Surf City” because of this high-profile event, its history and culture of surfing. It is often called the “Surfing Capital of the World”, not for the height of the waves, but rather for the consistent quality of surf.
George Freeth was the first person to surf in Huntington Beach with a demonstration on June 20, 1914. Freeth had been demonstrating surfing in southern California as a promotion for the city by Henry E. Huntington.
Duke Kahanamoku started surfing in Huntington Beach in 1925 and helped popularize the sport. The first surfboard shop, which was located underneath the Huntington Beach Pier, opened in 1956 by Gordie Duane.[44]
Apart from sponsored surf events, Huntington Beach has some of the best surf breaks in the State of California and that of the United States. Huntington Beach has four different facing beaches: Northwest, West, Southwest, and South. Northwest consists of Bolsa Chica State Beach with a length of 3.3 miles (5.3 km), the West consist of “The Cliffs” or “Dog Beach”, Southwest is considered everything north of the pier which is operated by the City of Huntington Beach. South consists in everything south of the pier which primarily focuses on Huntington State Beach (2.2 Miles), which almost faces true South.
Huntington Beach once a small sleepy surf town is now a resort destination and thriving upscale community.
Three Story Town Homes on PCH, facing Pacific Ocean.
View from one of the three Story Town Homes on PCH, facing Pacific Ocean.
These condos are older and they are the only homes on the ocean side of PCH in Huntington Beach – on the sand living.
More to come