The 3rd Annual California Surf Festival rolls into Oceanside California with 5 nights of events, films and music. The big music event this year will be a performance by Donavon Frankenreiter at the Grace in the heart of Oceanside. The Surf Festival is a major fundraiser each year for the California Surf Museum and Donavon’s generous gift of performing live is a great way to dive into things. The festival kicks off on Wednesday October 6th with “Girls Night Out”, the film “Accidental Icon” about the real Gidget. Kathy “Gidget” Kohner Zuckerman will b...  read more >>>

Some of you guys might know that we had a nice party on the last Thurseday, August 19th, for Mr. Harrison Roach, who became 21yo. And most of us know who Harrison Roach is; an Australian kid surfs amazing on whatever, single-fin log to alaia. His ridings on a piece of wood in Mentawai has been captured on the movie by Thomas Campbell, Present. Now he is a crew of KOOKBOX SURFBOARDS and you will see him surfing with us. Also now Harrison is charging at Puerto Escondido, being filmed by Steve Cleveland. There I saw Joel Tudor, Chris Christenson, Jeff Mccallum, Josh Hall, Christian W...  read more >>>

PHOTO: JIMMICANE It was a nice sunny day with consistent 2-to-4 ft waves that invited many audiences onto the beach. They witnessed this great power surfer made through to the final, beating other aerial masters and WCT tourers on his way. Gabe defeated Andy Irons and Jody Smith in the semifinal and quaterfinal. Then he controlled the final heat with confidence, against Chris Davidson. Congratulation, Gabe!!! PHOTO: JIMMICANE Also, Gabe has ordered a few boards of Xanadu Surf Desings for the contest and those boards led him to the trophy. Our online store will have new stocks o...  read more >>>

The 2010 Karl Strauss Beach to Brewery celebrates 21 years of fine beer crafting in action. The annual event is also an important fundraiser and opportunity for awareness for the San Diego chapter of the Surfrider Foundation. This years event marks the 7th year of the event by Karl Strauss and another year the event will be a fundraising bash for Surfrider. Last years event was a huge success with bands Tape n’ Tapes, Get Back Loretta, Delta Spirit and Stranger. I attended last years event and took photos you see here; I truly enjoyed a passionate performance by Get Back Lore...  read more >>>

This skilled, humble shaper, Wayne Rich, won "the Tribute to the Masters Shape-off" at Sacred Craft Expo 2010. For the event, the historical "Yater Spoon" invented by Renny Yater was replicated by 6 great shapers.  After a careful examination judges including Renny himself announced the name, Wayne Rich, as  the winner of this year's Shape-Off. The video was done by Jesse Natale. You can chek out Wayne's great shapes on his website: http://www.waynerich.com Also Wayne shapes boards for KOOKBOX Surfboards. Did you already watch this li...  read more >>>

Welcome To RE:Cal Mag. We are glad that you made it here. We are even more pleased that you have stopped for a moment to read some of the words and find out more about us.  RECAL stands for RE: Cal as in Regarding California, it’s not all that fancy but short and sweet and maybe weird enough to make you ask what it means. We have just launched our little mission to bring some interesting words and photos, insight and colour regarding one of the greatest places on planet earth…California. We plan to focus on California people, places, things, happenings and whatever else we ...  read more >>>

The boards are in!! Thalia Street, Just Long Boards and Icons of Surf have a handful of these limited edition boards on hand. Thalia Street in Laguna Beach has a Diamond Tail Twin and a Floating Sidewalk seen pictured here. Icons has a couple short boards and the amazing Diamond Tail Mini has already sold. www.thaliasurf.com www.thaliasurf.com/surfboards.html www.iconsofsurf.com/ ...  read more >>>

November 19th through 22nd Oceanside’s population will swell a bit with surfers and patrons of the culture so many find magical and mystical. For those of us that know the feeling it is an exciting time. The Festival, produced by the California Surf Museum is designed as a fundraiser for the museum that also can benefit the local community and a worldwide population of those who love everything surf and many things California surf. This year the event expands to 4 days with music, photography, art, culture, VIP events and the heart of it all based in film screenings. The cool music ev...  read more >>>

OCEANSIDE, CALIF. — FUEL TV presents The 2nd Annual California Surf Festival on November 19-22, Oceanside, Calif. The Festival, produced as a benefit by the California Surf Museum (CSM) in Oceanside, includes exciting and groundbreaking new surf films with many of the filmmakers in attendance. Film premieres, music concerts, VIP receptions, after party events, meet and greet with filmmakers, book signings, and special art and history exhibitions are all part of the CSM festival. The centerpiece of this year’s festival is a retrospective honoring “50 Years of Surfer Magaz...  read more >>>

“Lost Prophets” a new film by Nathan Apffel had a sneak preview the other night in Laguna. The event was to get people pumped on the film and treat friends, family and potential investors to a taste of what the film will be when released. Hans Hagen and family were there. Hans has been instrumental in bringing people and support together to get the film moving forward. Heavies from Surfer, Quik, Billabong, Koastal Media and other VIP’s were in the house to enjoy the complimentary tasty foods created by Chef Craig Connelly and beverages by Zico Coconut Water, XS Energy and ...  read more >>>

ASR or the Action Sports Retailer Trade Show is all the marketing and sales aspects of the action sports industry pumped up on energy drinks and splattered into a giant room at top volume. Its fun, it’s annoying, it’s sensory overload for sure. I love ASR because I get to run around and see many of my friends and catch up on all things from who’s had a new kid to what the latest materials are for apparel or surfboards. I love running into all the athletes, the artist, shapers, surfers, skaters and rock stars. Scott Russo from Unwritten Law, Greg and Jed Noll to J...  read more >>>

Oceanside, CA Nov. 17, 2008 – The shores of Oceanside welcomed the inaugural California Surf Film Festival early this November. The Grace Theater played host to hundreds of surf film fans, filmmakers and special guest over the three day Festival to benefit the California Surf Museum. One of the highlights was a 50 Year Anniversary Celebration honoring Bruce Brown as a filmmaker. In 1958 Brown came out with his first film Slippery When Wet (1958) which then started his career as a successful action sport documentary filmmaker. To honor that tribute the Festival was able to have ...  read more >>>