CALIFORNIA SURFING AND CLIMBING IN THE 50S

The story told by the photographs in California Surfing and Climbing in the Fifties takes place against the larger backdrop of postw ar America. All along the California coast, surfing became popular as heavy balsawood boards were replaced with lightweight ones cra fted from polyurethane foam, fiberglass and resin. Meanwhile, climbers descended on Tahquitz Rock in the south and Yosemite Valley t o the north to test handcrafted equipment that would set new standards for safety, technique and performance. The photographs in thi s volume...[Read more]