SANTA CRUZ — Doug Haut has done a lot to shape the surfing culture of Santa Cruz, in more ways than one. In the literal sense, he has constructed, or “shaped,” an estimated 30,000-plus surfboards ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. To talk about the history of longboarding is to talk about the origins of surfing as a whole. Ancient Polynesian cultures rode ...

Talking to shapers these days, most will admit that you have to be half-crazy to try to make a career in the surfboard-building business. The margins are minimal, board orders are up and down ...

The son of a Waikiki beach boy, Kai Sallas is no stranger to a life spent around the ocean. Raised on Oahu’s south shore, Sallas spent his formative years bodyboarding in Waikiki. Then, when he was 10 ...

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To talk about the history of longboarding is to talk about the origins of surfing as a whole. Ancient Polynesian cultures rode boards that were thin, heavy and made from solid wood like koa. (Good ...