Most popular and widely seen surf film in the world: “The Endless Summer”: Bruce Brown1
First & most influential surfing publication in the world: Surfer Magazine, John Severson)2
First commercially successful polyurethane foam surfboard: Hobie Alter3
Most produced catamaran in the world, the Hobie Cat: Hobie Alter4
Best surfer in the world in the early 1960s: Phil Edwards5,6
First winner of a professional surf contest: Mickey Munoz7
First retail inventory surf board shop: Hobie Alter8,9
First internationally recognized female surfer”: Joyce Hoffman10
First couple synonymous with tandem surfing: Barrie and Steve Boehne11
First surfer to use airborne style: Christian Fletcher12
Home of numerous surfing, Hobie Cat, and other water sports champions
Largest collections of rare, antique surfboards in the world: Hobie Sports, Dick Metz (Surfing Heritage Foundation), Flippy Hoffman and others
Oldest known surfer (presently deceased) in the world: Proctor, Ed “Pop13
Dana Point is the “AOL” (surf magazines), “MGM” (surf movies), and “Ford” (surfboards) of the surfing world.14
[1] http://www.surfhistory.com/html/profiles/brown.html
[2] http://www.surfline.com/surfaz/surfermag.cfm
[3] http://www.legendarysurfers.com/surf/legends/lsc201.shtml
[4] http://www.hobie33.com/history/history.html
[5] http://www.surfline.com/surfaz/edwards_phil.cfm
[6] http://starbulletin.com/97/04/15/features/story2.html
[7] http://ci.san-clemente.ca.us/Org/CityNews/Press/download/996%20%20%20Local%20Surf%20Legends.pdf
[8] http://www.nahca.org/hobies/hobiehistory.htm
[9] Dick Metz
[10] http://www.withitgirl.com/wig_archive/water/wigarc_wa_h2.html
[11] http://www.surfline.com/surfaz/tandem.cfm
[12] http://espn.go.com/magazine/vol5no21fletcher.html
[13] Doris Walker, “Homeport for Romance”, 1981, 1987, 1995, p.148
[14] Dick Metz