Michael Fordham 

California dreaming – searching for the soul of surfing

Author and journalist Michael Fordham made a 500-mile road trip along the Californian coast in search of the history of surfing. He kept a pictorial diary of his trip, capturing the characters and locations on the way
  
  


California surf: Michael Fordham
In search of perfect waves and the history of the California surf scene, journalist and author Michael Fordham took a road trip from San Francisco to San Diego Photograph: Michael Fordham/Guardian
California surf: California surf
Ocean Beach, San Francisco – a legendarily difficult break a few miles out of the city Photograph: Michael Fordham/Guardian
California surf: California surf
Classic Californian sunset, out in the water. The Beach Boys sang in 1963, “If everybody had and ocean, across the USA, then everybody’d be surfin’, like CALIFOR-NI-A” Photograph: Michael Fordham/Guardian
California surf: Michael Fordham surfing in California
Michael Fordham waiting for a wave at Ocean Beach, San Francisco Photograph: Michael Fordham/Guardian
California surf: Michael Fordham's surfboard
Michael Fordham's surfboard, bought at Mollusk Surf shop in San Francisco's Ocean Beach Photograph: Micahel Fordham/Guardian
California surf: Danny Hess, artisan surboard builder from San Francisco
Danny Hess, artisan surboard builder from San Francisco Photograph: Michael Fordham/Guardian
California surf: Santa Cruz surfboard shaper Michel Junod
Santa Cruz surfboard shaper Michel Junod has been involved with surfing for 50 years. "When I rode my first wave on the south side of the Santa Monica Pier in May of 1962, the surfing craze of the early 60s was hitting every coastal area of California" Photograph: Michael Fordham/Guardian
California surf: Surfboard renovation, Santa Cruz, California
A surfboard undergoing renovation at Michel Junod's Santa Cruz workshop Photograph: Michael Fordham/Guardian
California surf: Santa Cruz grom Kelly Suneris
Santa Cruz grom Kelly Suneris Photograph: Michael Fordham/Guardian
California surf: Sean Carr, Patagonia surf shack, Ventura, California
Sean Carr, Patagonia surf shack, Ventura, California Photograph: Michael Fordham/Guardian
California surf: Beach wall at Malibu, California
Beach wall at Malibu, California Photograph: Michael Fordham/Guardian
California surf: Beach wall at Malibu, California
Surfers at the beach in Malibu, California Photograph: Michael Fordham/Guardian
 

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