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| California Statues (page 1) |
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| Ballerina Clown Venice, CA |
Fred Flintstone Los Angeles, CA |
Surfer Santa Cruz, CA |
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This Ballerina Clown is installed on the Renaissance Building, over a CVS drug store. Originally, the 30-foot-tall statue's right leg kicked. It was created by Jonathan Borofsky and installed here in 1989. For more, see this website. [map]
This Fred Flintstone statue is mounted on a pole in an empty lot. Does anyone know why he might be up there? The statue has been there since at least 2003. It may have come from a Bedrock City or Universal Studios. For more, see this website. [map] This 18-foot-tall bronze Surfer statue was commissioned by the Santa Cruz Surfing Club in 1992. It was produced by Thomas Marsh. [map] |
| Duke Kahanamoku Huntington Beach, CA |
Surfer Huntington Beach, CA |
Surfer [gone] Fallbrook, CA |
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This life-sized, bronze statue of Duke Kahanamoku is installed in front of Huntington Beach Surf Sport. The statue was created by Edmond Shumpert in the 1990s. Kanahamoku is considered the father of modern surfing and surfed in Huntington Beach. For more, see this website. [map]
The second bronze Surfer statue in Huntington Beach is commonly referred to as the Nude Dude. It is officially titled the "Ultimate Challenge." The nude statue was created by Edmond Shumpert in 1976. It is installed at the entrance to the Huntington City Beach. For more, see this website. [map] This fiberglass Surfer statue in Fallbrook was located in front of a U-Haul truck rental store. This photo is from 2014. I believe the statue was installed here sometime after 2012. By 2015, the statue was gone. |
| Surfer Cardiff, CA 2014: |
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| This bronze Surfer statue, aka the "Cardiff Kook" was installed in 2007. The statue was created by Matthew Antichevich. It cost $120,000 and is entitled "Magic Carpet Ride". Many of the locals feel that the statue isn't masculine enough and that it doesn't adequately depict the town's surf culture. The statue is frequently decorated in different ways. Birthdays are a common theme. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. [map] |
| Surfer Hermosa Beach, CA |
Ben Carlson Newport Beach, CA |
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This Surfer statue in Hermosa Beach represents Dewey Weber, a local surf legend who passed away in 1993. The statue was installed in front of the Hermosa Beach Community Center in 2015. For more, see this website. [map]
This statue of Ben Carlson is located near the foot of the Newport Pier. Carlson, a lifeguard, drowned in 2014 while saving a swimmer. The nine-foot-tall stainless-steel statue was created by Jake Janz and installed in 2016. For more, see this website. [map] |
| Surfer Imperial Beach, CA |
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| This bronze Surfer statue, aka The Spirit of Imperial Beach, is 18 feet tall including the base. It was built by James A. Wasil in 2018. The sculpture also includes fish, shells, crabs, and children with sandpails. The seven-foot-tall, generic surfer is meant to represent both surfers and lifeguards. [map] |
| Bill and Bob Meistrel Redondo Beach, CA |
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| This bronze sculpture of Bill and Bob Meistrel was created by Chris Barela and installed in 2014. The identical twins invented the websuit for surfing in 1953 in their Dive N' Surf store in Redondo Beach. For more, see this website. [map] |
| Surfer Hermosa Beach, CA |
Unknown Surfer Malibu, CA |
Duke's Malibu Malibu, CA |
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The Surfer statue in Hermosa Beach is entitled the Tim Kelly Lifeguard Memorial. This bronze statue was created by Chris Barela and installed in 2005. It was cast from an earlier statue by William Maloney. Tim Kelly, a surfer and lifeguard, was killed in a car crash at the age of 24 in 1964. The original statue was built in 1965 and was made of fiberglass and foam. For more, see this website.
The Unknown Surfer statue in Malibu shown above was installed in 2011. The six-foot-tall bronze statue was created by Jody Westheimer. The Duke's Malibu statue representing Duke Kahanamoku was based on the sculpture of Duke in Waikiki, HI which was in installed in 1990. Duke's Malibu restaurant opened in 1996. For more, see this website. [map] |
| Phil Edwards Dana Point, CA |
Hobie Alter Dana Point, CA |
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| Bruce Brown Dana Point, CA |
John Severson Dana Point, CA |
Joyce Hoffman Dana Point, CA |
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These bronze sculptures were all created by Bill Limebrook and are installed in the park at Watermen's Plaza. [map]
Phil Edwards is a famous, local surfer. This statue was installed in 2019. For more, see this website. The life-sized sculpture of Hobie Alter was installed in 2018. Alter developed the Hobie Catamaran in 1968. Alter also built surfboards and was part of the Dana Point surf culture. Bruce Brown was a surfing filmmaker. This statue was installed in 2019. John Severson was an artist, photographer, writer, and filmmaker. This statue was installed in 2020. Joyce Hoffman dominated women's surfing in the 1960s. This statue was installed in 2022. There is another surfer statue at Knott's Soak City in Buena Park, CA. |
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