Photo Gallery: Surfers’ Hall of Fame induction ceremony
Huntington Beach’s Brett Simpson plants his hands into cement as he is inducted into the Surfers’ Hall of Fame in front of Huntington Surf and Sport on Friday.
(Don Leach / Staff Photographer)Herbie Fletcher, founder of Herbie Fletcher Surfboards in Dana Point, holds his trophy as he is inducted into the Surfers’ Hall of Fame in Huntington Beach on Friday.
(Don Leach / Staff Photographer)Herbie Fletcher, Ben Aipa and Brett Simpson, from left, are the 2018 inductees to the Surfers’ Hall of Fame in Huntington Beach.
(Don Leach / Staff Photographer)Duke Aipa sings a Hawaiian blessing with his daughter before his father, Ben, is inducted into the Surfers’ Hall of Fame on Friday.
(Don Leach / Staff Photographer)Brett Simpson thanks his sponsors, family members and friends as he is inducted into the Surfers’ Hall of Fame on Friday at Huntington Surf and Sport.
(Don Leach / Staff Photographer)Huntington Beach High School graduate Brett Simpson writes “Keep it Simpo” in cement as he is inducted into the Surfers’ Hall of Fame in front of Huntington Surf and Sport on Friday.
(Don Leach / Staff Photographer)Hawaiian surfer, coach and surfboard shaper Ben Aipa, foreground, is hugged by family friend and fellow Hawaiian Michael Ho as Aipa is inducted into the Surfers’ Hall of Fame on Friday in Huntington Beach.
(Don Leach / Staff Photographer)Brett Simpson makes his footprint in cement during his induction into the Surfers’ Hall of Fame on Friday.
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