Redo Market Surf Auction Makes Rare And Vintage Surfing Collectables Available
Launching this summer, the Redo Market Surf Auction is bringing vintage surf history and collectables to life with its first-ever auction. Featuring 100 of the most interesting and collectable objects in the surf universe, including fine art, ultra-rare photography and publications, vintage tees, boardshorts, jackets, trophies and more, for the first time ever, it’s all things surf in one place.
“I got an idea, man, just flow with it.”
There are two pristine Brewer-shaped guns in the Spring 2023 California Gold Surf Auction. The first board is a masterfully crafted balsa five-stringer Hanalei gun that was shaped in 1996. The other board, a three-stringer balsa pintail, was shaped the following year in 1997. Read on for more on the oversized role Brewer played in the evolution of the modern surfboard.
The Legend of Pat Curren
Pat Curren is famously a man of few words, but the surfboards he built speaks volumes. At the 2023 California Gold Surf Auction there is a “holy grail” of Curren-shaped guns. Made of balsa with a redwood tailblock, this hand-shaped marvel is simply stunning. In 2022 a Pat Curren balsa sold for $47K, what’s this one going to go for? For a telling tale about Curren read on.
Last Vestige: Karen Joyce
Tucked deep in the back row of a neatly lined up storage unit in Huntington Beach lies a wonderland of vintage treasures. Last Vestige is a collection of stunning, eclectic and one-of-a-kind vintage finds. Karen Joyce – curator, designer, owner and vintage visionary – has thoughtfully sourced, handpicked and collected unique, imaginative items from all over the country.
The Kings Club Barber Shop, Dana Point, CA
Let The King reign supreme! Mike Swenson of The Kings Club Barbershop has created a perfect mix of welcoming nostalgia, mixed with superb talent to bring Dana Point a barber shop experience fit for royalty – and the locals know it! The banter of the barbers and the hum of the clippers provide…
Rick Griffin
He combines: The Calvary Church of Costa Mesa California, The Grateful Dead’s first album cover, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, Jimi Hendrix, and Murphy “The Surfer”. A man who could attract wolf whistles from women as he dismounted his Harley outside Surfer Magazine in the early 60’s.
Mr. Calm, Cool & @curiousgabe
Creative, dad, surfer, and ocean enthusiast, Gabe Sullivan, has a true passion for not only catching waves, but capturing them through a lens so it lasts forever. Sullivan, a Laguna Beach local, is thrilled to be part of…
Killer Dana is Dead (The OG Surf Spot, not the Store) Long Live John Severson
Or so it might have been said. For without John, there would be no “Surfer” magazine, and without Dana Point there may have been no John Severson, and forever, those legacies will be intertwined.