The 11 foot plus wood board shown above was made by Ray Bergstrom in 1936. Ray started surfing from Malibu to Palos Verdes on his LA High wood shop project. Jimmy McGrew headed up the local surf club and happened to be a neighbor of Ray. This led to a full eight members of the club that utilized one of the member's garage to glue up the balsa and redwood with big table clamps and waterproof glue. The fin is a classic 1935 Tom Blake metal cast keel fin.

2008 Schedule of Events

April 19, 2008: 8th Annual Surf N Bowl Sunday 8:00am at Sixth Street and 3:00pm at Fountain Bowl

April 20, 2008: Celine Chat Art Exhibit and Reception1pm at the HB Surfing Museum

May 7, 2008: Board Meeting at 7pm in the
Huntington Beach International Surfing Museum
(first Wednesday of each month)

May 14, 2008: Monthly Meeting at 7pm
(second Wednesday of each month)

Location is Mario's Restaurant
18603 Main St, Huntington Beach, CA 92648
(714) 842-5811
Corner of Main/Ellis and Beach Blvd
7:15-8:15pm in the back banquet room

Our mission is to have fun while generating funds and providing services for worthy causes.

Member's ages range from 11 to over 75 years old.
Members are well traveled and
have excursions to remote areas of the world.
When we get together it's normally just for fun in Surf City.


Club History link

The club hosts tournaments, monthly meetings,
an amateur surf team for CSC events and other fun social events for its members. Dues are $40.00 per year. You get a club t-shirt and a lot of new friends.

Welcome to our new members for 2008:

Josh Garrison

Eric Crumley

Leslie Halada

James Jacques

Heather McIntosh

Thomas Da Silva

Mark Edinger

Have recently joined

The Longboard Crew

To join the HBLBC Team today
come to our next meeting at Mario's
Mario's Restaurant at Five Points Shopping Mall
18603 Main St, Huntington Beach, CA 92648
(714) 842-5811
(Corner of Main/Ellis and Beach Blvd)
Meeting is usually on the second Wednesday of every month.
7:15-8:15pm in the back banquet room.

The Huntington Beach Longboard Crew is a registered and
approved 501(c)3 California Corporation.

Our Mission Statement:
Represent surfers as contributors to the community,
support our surfing culture and
educate others about our water world.


Board of Directors

2007 - 2008 Directors:
Gary Sahagen - Chairman
Wally Walczyk - Vice-Chairman
Marilyn McCart - Treasurer and Merchandise
Bret Zschomler - Secretary
Tom Knight - Director
Rick Ischinger - Director
Eric Crumley - Director and Surf Team Captain

The board meets monthly. A quorum of five
of the above is required for a board of directors meeting.

To send us snail mail:
HBLBC
9121 Atlanta Avenue  Suite 623
Huntington Beach, California 92646

email:
seahag@hblongboardcrew.org

Historic Huntington Beach Photos:

The 1970's Huntington Beach Surfing Champions


Hole in the Wall Surf Team-Number One in the 1970's

A Not So Recent Event:
Click photo below to see other 1930's pics
Thank you Marilyn for the cool pics

Club Notes:
click here for archived notes

Angela Madsen, Longboard Crew lifetime member and Franck Festor completed their journey across the Atlantic!! Congratulations to these two as they make history.
 

Three in One Day

Thursday 7th February 2008 saw the exciting finish of no less than three rowing boats this year in just over 12 hours.

First to cross the line was Jaydubuyoo crossing the line at 03:43 local time (07:43 GMT) giving them a crossing time of 67 days, 19 hours and 43 minutes.

Next was Row of Life crossing the line at 07:24 local time (11:24 GMT) giving them a crossing time of 67 days, 23 hours and 24 minutes.

Followed by Ocean Summit crossing the line at 18:10 local time (22:10 GMT) giving them a crossing time of 68 days, 10 hours and 10 minutes.

Well done to all of the crews!



In 2006 the Longboard Crew's Surfing Team placed in almost
every Coalition of Surfing Clubs Tournament! The only one we
missed was the MSA and WNS events. Congrats to all the team members for a great showing. With over 40 clubs involved now it has been tough.
We finished 11th for 2006.

The Longboard Crew Club members are all ages and abilities.
Joey Hawkins, Josh Mohr, Danny Nichols, John Taylor, Matt Taylor, David Nuuhiwa, Jay Boldt, Chuck Linnen, Bobby Neishi, Ralph Yeramian,
Al Miller, Kelly Kraushaar, Bill and Billy Hopkins, Mike Minchinton, Kim Hamrock, Acey Aseltine, Eva Lewington, Shannon Gibson, Margeaux Hamrock, Bob "Da Greek" Bolen, Mickie Rat Ester,
Gary "Seahag" Sahagen, Trevor Waring, Nick Lopez, John Edwards, Kyle Harvel, Eddie Enriquez, Dave Carlos, Bill Brewer, Les Potts, Albert Jenks, Scotty Lyon, Frank Cochran, Marilyn McCart,
George Lambert, Allen Lambert, Bret Zschomler, Bart Zschomler, Tom Knight, Matt Schaefer, Ace Aseltine, Chris Olivas, Paula Ontkean, Jonathon Shelton, Wally Walczyk, Kevin Kirby, Raoul Jimenez, Eldon Smith, The Flynn Clan (Jack, Jim, Chris, Scotty and Rick), Angela Madsen and Bruce Gabrielson have all graced the ranks of the
Longboard Crew Hall of Fame.


Hot Links:


Longboard Crew Club Members' Page
with newsletters, photos and video links
 


 

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International Surfing Museum

Check out the new exhibit:
The Beach Boys
at the museum now.

To keep track of your favorite surf bands, check out www.surfbands.com

The Huntington Beach International Surfing Museum is located on
Olive Ave between Main St and 5th St just two blocks
from the pier. For more info call 714-960-3483.

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These cool new shirts are available on-line and in Jack's HB Store.
The Crew gets a donation for every shirt sold!!!
Available in many colors and sizes at the store.

Thank You Jack's

Jacks Surfboards

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Thank you to all our generous sponsors including:

5th Street Surf Shop
Sugar Shack
Beachtown Girls
Olas Mex Grill
Coral Reef Wetsuits
Aloha Grill
Jack's Surfboards
Huntington Surf and Sport
Big Red Productions-Surf Theatre
PaddleAir
Danger Woman
Love at First Bite Catering
TK's Frog House
Huntington Beach Beer Company