Hurley Store at Huntington Surf & Sport gets facelift; Hurley calls upgrades the ‘best expression’ of the brand in the physical world.
The corner of Main Street and PCH in Huntington Beach, California, is a highly coveted zone for those who hold surfing near and dear to their hearts. So is the case for Aaron Pai, owner of Huntington Surf & Sport, and all the loyal brands who have supported the store over its long tenure of 37 years.
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In 1997, Taj Burrow qualified for CT at the age of 17. Then he did what no man (or child) has ever done before: he said no, thank you to his spot on tour.
He qualified again the next year, actually took his spot, and went on to have one of the most exciting careers surfing has ever seen. He got covers. He won events. He made films. He was Taj, and he was amazing.
And after all this time on tour, he’s saying no, thank you once again. Taj just announced his retirement. Fiji will be his last event as full-time tour surfer.
Thanks for all the surfing Taj. We look forward to seeing what you do next.
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The vertical wooden spiral built by skateboarding legend Tony Hawk will be adapted to artificial surf pool designed by the Kelly Slater Wave Company.
The skate and surf legends will team up to design a complex structure that will allow surfers to descend a helix curve straight into a man-made wave. In other words, it will be a skate-to-surf acid drop transfer.
“I had a chat with Kelly when we were in Europe recently, and he asked me if I had any idea of what to add to a surf park. I told him I had just built a downward spiral loop, and he loved it,” Tony Hawk told SurferToday.com.
