We recently paid a visit to surfing legend Bob Reeves, down in Vero Beach. Originally from Imperial Beach CA, Bob was working at the Inter- Island factory in Honolulu when […]
January 1, 2022 Read more of Bob’s stories at bobfreemansurf.com The first time I saw Gary was in 1965 at a surf contest in Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. He […]
Hillard Grossman Reprinted from FLORIDA TODAY Windex-colored water, pastel-painted buildings and bronze bodies typify South Beach. But lost in the world of models, muscles and “Musica […]
Hello Museum Supporters- The last two years have been challenging for all of us but we seem to be turning the corner and the museum is ready to get busy […]
Story by Gregory Hall Christmas makes you think of good friends and good times with them. As was with me being one of the few Floridians that actually […]
Pretty incredible surf community we live in: The owner of Core Surf has a surfer a bring in a pretty destroyed Natural… Posted by Pete Dooley on Tuesday, September 29, […]
Paul Eaton, founder and organizer of the annual Florida Shape Off competition, has donated the winning surfboard from the first shape off in 2008. The event is a competition that […]
Story by Chuck Evans Here is a story I sent to my daughter through StoryWorth. She provides a question a week. I respond and the stories are printed into a […]
My family moved to Miami Beach from New York City in 1948, when I was 2. My grandmother had been in real estate there for a long time, and my […]
Board collector Brian Wenzel brought an interesting piece to the museum to add to our collection- an 8ft blue kook box. The term kook box was slang for early surfboards […]
By Nate Dinger As conflict in Afghanistan and Iraq continues, members of the United States military faithfully pack up their lives and deploy in support of their nation’s call. […]
Article by Justin Housman. Re-printed from Surfer Magazine, May 30, 2016 When duty called in Afghanistan, Captain Nate Dinger took his love of shaping with him. If […]
It has been more that three years since Dick Catri, the Godfather of East Coast Surfing, passed away. Always larger than life ,even in death, His legacy was celebrated in […]
Story by Uncle Bill In the same era of the late 1960’s when a Miami surfer rode over to the beach to surf for the day, they often found it […]
The museum has received many donations over the years from our generous supporters. But every so often something special comes through our door. We were recently visited by Steve and […]
Story by Uncle Bill- I would imagine most every man, woman and child who surfed or even went to South Beach, Miami, FL on any given Sunday during the late […]
FSM was recently paid a visit by surfing legend Kevin O’Dare. Kevin was in town competing in the Annual Rich Salick NKF contest at the pier. He had brought with […]
We recently received a visit from Bill Stimson and his fiance Betty at the Florida Surf Museum. In the back of Bill’s cherry 2002 4Runner were a Bing […]
Uncle Bill grew up in Miami and began surfing south beach and points north in the early 60s. He shares his tales with us for your enjoyment. […]
WUCF’s popular series “Central Florida Roadtrip” recently featured the Florida Surf Museum in this episode. The show recounts how the space program transformed a sleepy beach town into a center […]
Duke Kahanamoku. The Duke is an icon and legend who is widely credited with introducing surfing to the world. In 1912 after his triumph at the Olympic games in Stockholm, […]
In the late '60s Catri and Propper lured me away from Hansen Surfboards to join the Hobie Team and gave me one of Hobie'… Posted by Free Surf on Tuesday, June […]
Bud was a true gentleman and eternally stoked on surfing and surfing culture. The quality of his surfboards was legendary and his artistry extended to resin paintings, furniture and anywhere […]
Bob Reeves and his brother Jack were early pioneers of surfing on the Space Coast in Florida. They were representative of the early migration of surfers from around the country […]
Florida Surf Museum has added another classic surfboard to our collection thanks to a generous donation from Dale Eldred. The new addition is a rare Tomb and Reeves single fin […]
The Museum has added a classic Greg Noll surfboard to our collection thanks to the generosity of James and Faith Jones. James, who grew up in Sanford, bought this board […]
We are proud to add an iconic label surfboard from Pensacola to our collection. Hutson Surfboards was one of the earliest line of surfboards from the area and this one […]
We are excited to announce that we have added more historic Florida surf magazines to our digital archive! New additions include: US Surf Magazine– Published by Carol Holland, Rob McGrath […]
Fans of East Coast surfing magazines were fortunate that the surfers who launched the four detailed below hadn’t learned much about magazine economics before they paddled out. Had they […]
A fun, hot day at the FSM swapmeet today. Special Olympics surfing athlete Jake Snyder (pictured with his dad Dean and… Posted by Florida Surf Museum on Monday, July 30, 2018
Imagine paddling out on a beautiful winter day at Pensacola Beach way back in January, 1975. This is what you would… Posted by Tom Hutson on Wednesday, July 4, 2018
Florida Surf Museum has added another classic surfboard to our collection thanks to a generous donation from Dale Eldred. The new addition is a rare Tomb and Reeves single […]
Re-printed from Aulta Surf https://aultasurf.com/ Carl Schaper Occupation: Surfboard Shaper Hometown: Waialua, Hawaii Carl started surfing at age 13 growing up in Virginia Beach. He later moved to Cocoa Beach, Florida […]
The Florida Surf Museum recently acquired 400 feet of 8mm surf movies from Greg and Pat Harlowe. The brothers ran ESA contests in Florida and the Outer Banks in the […]
Article written by Dan Reiter In the summer of 2001, I was couch crashing up in Topanga Canyon with a crew of lunatics and musicians who’d set up a commune […]
The museum recently received a special donation from local resident Mark Lucas- a nearly mint 70’s era Overlin surfboard. The board belonged to his late wife Rindy Arnone-Lucas who passed […]
History Of Surfing: But Will It Play On The East Coast? Re-post From Surfer Magazine online Why the ’60s surf boom exploded loudest out east October 11, 2017 By […]
Take a little time and read this hilarious article by Jeff Johnson in the Winter 79 issue of Wave Rider Magazine. Raging parties, raging hang-overs and raging hurricanes. Bikini contests, […]
The museum recently had a visit from Don Dickenson whose story was posted in this blog entry: Don Dickenson . Don wished to support the museum with a donation of his […]
Another surf documentary by Will Lucas, Surf 64 Productions surf64.com. In the summer of 1975, six young surfers from The Jupiter Beach Florida area ventured out for their first El […]
The Inlet is back! Announcing the Florida Pro Surf Competition presented by Florida Beer Company Sunshine State FL-Lager taking place January 18-26 at Sebastian Inlet State Park. This contest is […]
A Memorial Paddleout will be held for Cocoa Beach surfing legend and East Coast Surfing Hall of Fame member Pat O’Hare. The event will begin with a memorial at […]
FSM continues its mission of preserving Florida’s surfing history with the first phase of our Digital Archive Project. We recently completed the archiving of Wave Rider Magazine, an important Cocoa […]
The 1960’s was an important era for the sport of surfing. What was once an exotic pastime for a few became an international craze thanks to the Hollywood media machine […]
The Florida Surf Museum has donated $1000 to the Waves For Water Caribbean Hurricane Relief Initiative. W4W provides water filtration systems that provide an immediate supply of drinking water to […]
Epic is a over-used word these days but it was a perfect description for the grand opening of the “Gary Propper-Surf /Art/Entertainment” exhibit at the Florida Surf Museum. The museum […]
The museum recently received an inquiry from an individual concerning the history of an old surfboard he had acquired. We get messages like this quite often- mostly from someone wishing […]
The 2017 Waterman’s Challenge (held June 3-4) continued the tradition of good weather, waves and vibes this year. We squeaked in two good days between two weeks of daily rain […]
Brassy’s Nightclub was a legendary Rock and Roll venue in Cocoa Beach. The building was originally the A&P grocery store- located where the post office now stands. From 1979 to […]
