Velzy Shop Metal Sign Pineapple North Carolina in 1892

North Carolina in 1892

California lifeguard named Larry Stevenson

while Craig Sugihara was a glasser

prevailed in vert skating and became an internationally recognized

The "Surf Club Hawaii" was officially formed and offered its members monthly surfing and paddling contests

Velzy Shop Metal Sign Pineapple North Carolina in 1892Known as "The Hawk", Dale is a surfer, a celebrity, a hell raising rebel, a revolutionary retailer, a hall of fame surfer, a surf film financier, a lifeguard, and most of all, a shaper. A master shaper in his own right, Joe Quigg said, "You couldn't even sell a board in the sixties unless it looked like a Velzy board." Dale opened Velzy Surfboards (the world's first surf shop) in Manhattan Beach in 1949, and within years had shops all along Southern