2025 will mark 40 years of Rusty Surfboards. Founded by the inimitable Rusty Preisendorfer in San Diego in 1985, the brand blossomed through the trademark hacks of Mark Occhilupo and expanded its ...

A few weeks back, a social media post began swirling, gaining steam, and going, as some might say, “viral.” It involved an artist, who claimed to have been commissioned to paint a mural, and then, was ...

Last blog, John Elwell, a friend of Bob Simmons during the last five or six years of his life, shared stories from this great innovator. Here is Elwell's discussion on the planing hull: Aspect ratio ...

Master surfboard shaper Rusty Preisendorfer will be signing posters and "talking story" at Soundwaves Clear Lake, 1331 West Bay Area Blvd., from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday. Anyone seriously connected ...