Exploring Oahu - Honolulu, Waikiki and Oahu - page 315

Jameson's iconic mai tai.
NorthShoreSurfandCulturalMuseum Even if you've never set foot on a surfboard, you'll want
to visit Oahu's only surf museum to learn the history of this Hawaiian sport of kings. This
collection of memorabilia traces the evolution of surfboards from an enormous, weathered
redwood board made in the 1930s for Turkey Love, one of Waikiki's legendary beach boys, to
the modern-day equivalent—a light, sleek, racy, foam-and-fiberglass board made for big-wave
surfer Mark Foo, who drowned while surfing in California in 1994. Other items include classic
1950s surf-meet posters, 1960s surf-music album covers, old beach-movie posters with Frankie
Avalon and Sandra Dee, the early black-and-white photos by legendary surf photographer
LeRoy Grannis, and trophies won by surfing's greatest. Curator Steve Gould is working on a
new exhibit of surfing in the ancient Hawaiian culture, complete with Hawaiian artifacts.
North Shore Marketplace, 66-250 Kamehameha Hwy. (behind KFC), Haleiwa. & 808/637-8888. www.captainrick.com/
surf_museum.htm . Free admission. Tue-Sun noon-6pm (unless the surf is up).