Steve Wilkings looks through Kodachrome slides by the late surf photographer Warren Bolster. Some of the 140 collections held by the center are encyclopedic -- thousands of photos of surfers hanging ten on longboards, dropping into steep pitches or shooting through curls. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)
The Surfing Heritage and Culture Center in San Clemente has been collecting and preserving photos from the golden age of surfing, yielding a treasure trove of more than 200,000 images. Read more: Treasure trove of surfing photos is a wistful wave to the past
