From Now On Your Name Is Burrhead
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A reader-supported surf publication founded in 1992, The Surfer’s Journal is vivid, authoritative, and independent. The goal of each 132-page bimonthly edition? A completely resolved composition. Balance. Color. Story. And purist surf energy from Page One to close-of-book.
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Craig Lockwood’s in-depth look into the surfing life of Jim “Burrhead” Drever and early California surfing through the lens of Burrhead’s personal recollections and photographs in his scrapbook. The article covers a pivotal yet near-forgotten slice of surfing’s developmental and cultural history in the early 1950’s, highlighting the effect of “cultural diffusion” on surfboard design and wave riding resulting from visits by California Surfers to Hawaii during this time.
