When it comes to legacy surf brands, Bing Surfboards holds a special place in the history of surfing. Founded in 1959 by Bing Copeland in Hermosa Beach, CA, Bing is one of the few that has survived ...

Fifty years ago, one of the world’s best traditional surfboard makers signed a deal to build and sell one of surfing’s most radical and least understood surfboard designs. Incredibly, both prospered.

Matt Calvani won the 18th annual Florida Shape-Off Champions Challenge at the Surf Expo event. Competitors were tasked with replicating a 1970s surfboard design by the late Charlie Bunger. Calvani's ...

Dale Velzy started shaping surfboards in the 1940s and eventually opened what is considered the first retail surf shop in the world in Manhattan Beach in 1950. His legend as a surfboard shaper grew ...