INSTITUTIONAL COLLECTION
The Surfing Heritage and Culture Center is proud to produce oral histories, documents, and other archives in line with its mission to preserve and promote surfing culture. The SHACC Institutional Collection is home to works created by the museum and its educational partners.
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ORAL HISTORIES & PODCASTS
View Oral Histories, Podcasts, and other surfing videos on SHACC’s Youtube.
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VIRTUAL TOUR
Take a Virtual Tour of the SHACC Gallery & Surfing Timeline on Google Maps.
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LEGENDARY SURFERS
This comprehensive history of surfing available for free is curated by Malcom Gault-Williams.
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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SURF
This subscription-based platform provides entries on surf terms & figures.
Selections from the Institutional Collection
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CBS Sunday Morning visits SHACC
The History of Surfboards with legendary surfer and SHACC Board Member Patti Paniccia.
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Surfing Heritage Oral History - Fred Hemmings, Patti Paniccia & Randy Rarick
Interview done by Paul Holmes for the Surfing Heritage and Culture
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Dick Metz on the Kickasspirational Podcast by David Vanderveen
Two episodes of Kickasspirational by David Vanderveen with Dick Metz as guest.
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Dick Metz on Boomer Far-Out Adventures by Craig Koehn
Boomer Far-Out Adventures hosted by Craig Koehn. 2 interviews done with Dick Metz.
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Dick Metz on the Longboardian Podcast by Tupi Cabrera
One episode of The Longboardian Podcast by Tupi Cabrera with Dick Metz as the guest.
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Orange County Public Libraries Surf Stories
Three interviews with SHACC Founder Dick Metz (published with permission from OCPL).
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Surfing’s Early Years with Dick Metz - Surf Splendor
Five episodes of the Surf Splendor podcast with Dick Metz as the guest.
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The Institutional Collection is also home to all publications, press releases, and other articles released by or about SHACC. If you have produced or wish to produce any media about or involving assets from our museum, please Contact Us.