Surfing Walk of Fame

The Surfing Walk of Fame is a walkway in Huntington Beach , California .

It begins on the Pacific Coast Highway and runs along Huntington Beach's Main Street. There are currently 162 memorial plaques set in the path, with which prominent surfers who played or still play an important role in the international surfing scene are honored (status: 12/2018). Based on the stars of the Hollywood Walk of Fame , the name of the honored surfer, the category and the year of appointment are engraved on the stone slabs.

The Surfing Walk of Fame is supported by sponsors like Billabong , Hurley , Jack's Surfboards, O'Neill , Quiksilver , Rip Curl , Vans , Volcom and the World Surf League (WSL). Along with the Surfers Hall of Fame, it is the most important memorial for surfers.

history

The Surfing Walk of Fame was founded in 1994 by former professional surfers and members of the International Surfing Museum in Huntington Beach and is dedicated to the Hawaiian surfing pioneer Duke Kahanamoku . Since the founding year, surfers have been honored in six different categories.

Appointments

The first honor went to the legendary surfing pioneer Duke Kahanamoku from Hawaii .

1994 Duke Kahanamoku

Surf pioneers

1994 Tom Blake
1995 Phil Edwards
1996 Greg Noll
1997 Dale Velzy
1998 Doc Ball
1999 George Downing
2000 Eddie Aikau & Gerry Lopez
2001 Rabbit Kekai
2002 Miki Dora
2003 Mike Doyle
2004 Pat Curren
2005 Buffalo Keaulana
2006 Mickey Munoz
2007 George Greenough
2008 Buzzy Trent & Wayne Lynch
2009 Fred Hemmings
2010 Dewey Weber
2011 Skip Frye
2012 Michael Peterson & Dick Brewer
2013 Donald Takayama
2014 Randy Rarick
2015 Paul Strauch
2016 Joey Cabell & Lorrin "Whitey" Harrison
2017 Jeff Hakman
2018 Ben Aipa

Surf champions

1994 Mark Richards ( AUS )
1995 Tom Curren ( Ca , USA )
1996 Nat Young (AUS)
1997 Shaun Tomson ( ZAF )
1998 Peter "PT" Townend (AUS)
1999 Tom Carroll (AUS)
2000 Mark Occhilupo (AUS)
2001 Wayne "Rabbit" Bartholomew (AUS)
2002 Kelly Slater ( Fl , USA)
2003 Martin "Pottz" Potter (ZAF / UK )
2004 Corky Carroll (Ca, USA)
2005 David Nuuhiwa ( Hi , USA)
2006 LJ Richards (Ca, USA)
2007 Midget Farrelly (AUS)
2008 Andy Irons (Hi, USA)
2009 Mark Martinson (Ca, USA)
2010 Sunny Garcia (Hi, USA) & Ian Cairns (AUS)
2011 Rob Machado (AUS / USA)
2012 Michael Ho (Ca, USA)
2013 Taylor Knox (Ca, USA)
2014 Larry Bertlemann (Hi, USA)
2015 Reno Abellira (Hi, USA)
2016 Clifton James "CJ" Hobgood (Fl, USA)
2017 Barton Lynch (AUS)
2018 Mick Fanning (AUS)

Surfer of the year

1994 Joyce Hoffman (Ca, USA)
1995 Margo Oberg ( Pa , USA)
1996 Rell Sunn (Hi, USA)
1997 Linda Benson (Ca, USA)
1998 Frieda Zamba ( CRI )
1999 Jericho Poppler (Ca, USA)
2000 Nancy Katin (Ca, USA)
2001 Janice Aragon (Ca, USA)
2002 Kim Mearig (Ca, USA)
2003 Marge Calhoun (Ca, USA)
2005 Kim Hamrock (Ca, USA)
2004 Lisa Andersen (Fl, USA)
2006 Layne Beachley (AUS)
2007 Mimi Munro (Fl, USA)
2008 Lynne Boyer (Ca, USA)
2009 Wendy Botha (ZAF / AUS)
2010 Candy Calhoun (Fl, USA)
2011 Debbie Beacham (Ca, USA) & Kathy "Gidget" Kohler Zuckerman (Ca, USA)
2012 Alisa Schwarzstein-Cairns (AUS)
2013 Sharron Weber (Ca, USA) & Keala Kennelly (Hi, USA)
2014 Phyllis O'Donnell (AUS)
2015 Sofía Mulánovich ( PER )
2016 Mary Lou Drummy (Ca, USA)
2017 Pam Burridge (AUS)
2018 Stephanie Gilmore (AUS)

Promoter of surf culture

1994 Bruce Brown (documentary)

1995 John Severson (documentary)

1996 Bud Browne (filmmaker)

1997 Hobie Alter (surfboard developer) & Rick Griffin (designer)

1998 Jack O'Neill (wetsuit inventor)

1999 Leroy Grannis (photographer)

2000 MacGillivray & Jim Freeman (filmmakers)

2001 Simon Anderson (inventor of the triple fin)

2002 Steve Pezman (editor of the first surf magazine The Surfer's Journal )

2003 Larry "Flame" Moore (photographer) & Tom Morey ( bodyboard inventor)

2004 Gordon Clark (surfboard developer)

2005 George Greenough (filmmaker)

2006 Walter & Phillip Hoffman (water sports equipment manufacturer)

2007 Bill & Bob Meistrell (wetsuit developers)

2008 Drew Kampion (documentary)

2009 Duke Boyd (boardshort inventor)

2010 Dave Rochlen (Waterman)

2011 Dick Dale (musician)

2012 Sean Collins (First weather forecast for surfers)

2013 Jack McCoy (filmmaker)

2014 John Van Hamersveld (Movie Poster Designer Endless Summer )

2015 Dick Graham (Editor of Surfing Magazine )

2016 Bob Hurley (Sporting Goods Manufacturer)

2017 Jim Jenks (sporting goods manufacturer)

2018 Bob McKnight (Sporting Goods Manufacturer)

Web links

Surfing Walk of Fame Official Website
Surfing Walk of Fame of Huntington Beach Official YouTube Channel

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Surfing Walk of Fame , Vans US Open of Surfing, July 3, 2018.

[swof-1] Surfing Walk of Fame , Vans US Open of Surfing, July 3, 2018.