High Life: A WEEKLY FORUM FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS : Surf City to Memorialize Its Own in Museum
Surf City is soon to have a surfing museum.
The grand opening celebration of the new International Surfing Museum in downtown Huntington Beach will be Saturday beginning at 4:45 p.m. The museum is housed in a renovated, 1930s-era former doctors’ office at 411 Olive St.
“Surfing is very important to Huntington Beach, and so it’s a very appropriate place for a museum like this,” said Julie Christine, assistant curator.
Exhibits in the museum include historic surfboards, collectors’ records of surfing music and a shrine to the late Duke Kahanomoku, the Hawaiian credited as being “the father of modern surfing.”
In connection with the museum’s grand opening, the second annual Huntington Beach Long Board Pro-Amateur competition will be held Saturday and Sunday at the pier, as will the Huntington Beach Open women’s professional volleyball tournament.
Starting Sunday, the museum will be open daily, from noon to 6 p.m., with a $1 admission charge.
Tickets for the opening ceremony at the museum Saturday cost $35, which includes a luau and street dance with music by Dick Dale and the Deltones. Tickets for the dance only, which begins at 8:30 p.m., cost $10. Tickets may be purchased by calling (714) 960-3483.
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