If you’d have crossed paths with Ron Stoner along the California coast in the mid-1960s, you might’ve spotted a handsome early-twenty-something crouched behind a Century 1000-millimeter lens, tracking ...

A day after graduating high school in 1972, 17-year-old Brad Gessner packed up his Chevy van and drove out to Encinitas from Texas, following his California surfing dreams. An early pioneer of van ...

Surfing Guide to Southern California has a black cover with a blue silhouette of a surfer and red printing. Written by David Stern and William Cleary in 1963, the Surfing Guide is a unique publication ...

In the Curator’s Words is an occasional series that takes a critical look at current exhibitions through the eyes of curators. It seems only natural that the Oceanside Museum of Art would, at some ...