Fred Hemmings – Interview Hemmings opened the interview discussing the surfing leadership. Surfing has matured tremendously. On occasion especially in the formative years, the sixties, surfing often yielded to pop culture influences. The surfing media and pop culture made heroes out of individuals through perception rather than reality. I remember one surfer, who I won’t [...]
Contest History
Early Days - The Makaha International The Next Step – The Peruvian International Surfing Championship Manly – The Competitive Tsunami Club Waikiki – Peru The ISF and the 1965 World Surfing Championships The ISF and the World Surfing Championships (Post Peru) The Smirnoff Pro/Am From Expression to Profession: The IPS, ASP, and birth of professional surfing
