Corona del Mar was once California’s premier surfing spot, holding the sport’s first Pacific Coast competition in 1928. Attempts to tame Corona and to make the Newport Beach harbor mouth safe for watercraft drastically altered board riding, destroying the great wave-making machine” of Corona and creating the surf giant of today known as the “Wedge.” Read about Newport before World War II: experience the Great Rescue of 1925 by Duke Kahanamoku and others, the rum runners of Balboa and the evolution of Newport Bay. Pioneering surfers such as George Freeth, Tom Blake, the Vultee brothers and Pete Peterson helped make a name for the city in surf culture. Authors Claudine Burnett and her surfer husband, Paul, have delved deeply into the past, sharing stories that will give readers never-before-revealed facts not only about surfing but Newport Beach and Corona del Mar history as well.”
Author: Claudine Burnett, Paul Burnett
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: History Press Library Editions
Published: 07/16/2013
Pages: 146
Weight: 0.81lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d
ISBN: 9781540232656
Language: English
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