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Item Ships From: South Coast
11x World Champion Kelly Slater personal surfboard used in competitions
By Al Merrick
Located in Haleiwa, HI
11X World Champion Kelly Slater personal surfboard used on the world tour of surfing. Shaped in 2005 by the renowned Al Merrick. This surfboard represents a significant piece of worl...
Category
Early 2000s American South Coast Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Fiberglass, Foam, Softwood
1990s Vintage Dale Velzy balsawood longboard
By Dale Velzy
Located in Haleiwa, HI
Mid-1990s Velzy balsawood longboard shaped by the late Dale Velzy (1927-2005). Features a 5-stringer design with gorgeous wood fin and tail-block. A superb example of Dale Velzy shaped balsa surfboard and beautiful functional art piece.
Velzy is credited with conceptualizing many of the promotional techniques now considered a standard in the surfing world. This includes being the very first surfboard maker to form a surfing team, a practice which would became very popular in the future. Dale ‘Hawk’ Velzy made numerous contributions to the world of surfing and as a result was one of the first individuals to be inducted into the Hermosa Beach Surfers Walk of Fame in 2003, two years before passing away.
Velzy began shaping surfboards in the 1940's in Manhattan Beach, California. Board of the day were hard to ride and transport due to the size and weight. Velzy saw this as an opportunity and started to shape surfboards using lightweight balsawood which made the boards easier to ride and transport. He soon outgrew his first board shop in Manhattan Beach which was opened in 1950, this shop would later be credited as the first commercial surfboard factory.
Velzy later formed a partnership with the legendary board maker Hap Jacobs...
Category
1990s American South Coast Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Fiberglass, Hardwood, Softwood
2008 Alaska Duck Stamp Print by Robert Steiner
Located in Soquel, CA
2008 Alaska Duck Stamp Print
2008 Alaska Duck Stamp Print by Robert Steiner (American, b. 1949). Four Alaska Duck Stamp Prints are the focal point with "3...
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Early 2000s American American Classical South Coast Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
Armani Casa Pump Workout Luxury Set Made in Italy
By Fendi Casa, Giorgio Armani, Hermès, Ralph Lauren, Armani Casa
Located in San Diego, CA
Armani Casa Pump Workout Luxury Set
Pump is a range conceived for the home fitness signature of designer Giorgio Armani as part of Armani Casa. This minimalist yet incredibly glamourous set includes:
• Mesh and Leather Carrying Workout Bag featuring GA Signature
• Pump Leather Jump Rope with dust bag in mesh fabric featuring GA Signature: Handles can be opened to regulate length of rope.
• Set of two weights (1 kilo or 2.2 pounds) each. Wrapped in eco leather featuring GA Signature.
• Leather water...
Category
2010s Italian Aesthetic Movement South Coast Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Metal
1970s Vintage Gerry Lopez Lightning Bolt Surfboard
Located in Haleiwa, HI
Mid-1970s Vintage Gerry Lopez Lightning Bolt surfboard. Features a vibrant yellow tinted deck with jet-black lightning bolt, ruby red single fin, and dia...
Category
1970s American Vintage South Coast Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Fiberglass, Foam, Softwood
1975 Vintage Skip Frye Surfboard
By Skip Frye
Located in Haleiwa, HI
1975 Vintage Skip Frye shaped surfboard. Features beautiful light blue deck with navy blue bottom and complimentary pinstriping. Wooden fin with blue see-through window. A gorgeous example of a full restored vintage 1970s Skip Frye surfboard.
Category
1970s American Vintage South Coast Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Fiberglass, Foam, Softwood
1960s Model Pat Curren ‘Elephant Gun’ Big Wave Surfboard
Located in Haleiwa, HI
1960s Model Pat Curren big wave ‘Elephant Gun’ surfboard. Features an iconic late 1960s big wave design made for riding giants. Pintail shape with custom foam blank with old growth redwood single fin, redwood stringer, and extra strength Volan fiberglassing. Hand made by the late Pat Curren (1932-2023) in 2009. In the 1950s-60s, Curren was known as a pioneer of riding the biggest waves known to exist and was the most revered big wave surfboard maker in the world. He was also father to three-time World Champion of Surfing, Tom Curren. A recent auction result for a hand made Pat Curren surfboard includes a 1994 balsa surfboard...
Category
Early 2000s American South Coast Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Fiberglass, Foam, Softwood
1930s Replica Tom Blake hollow wooden surfboard
By Tom Blake
Located in Haleiwa, HI
1930s Replica Tom Blake hollow wooden surfboard. Wooden panels joined by metallic fasteners with daffodil yellow outline. Patented by the late Tom Blake (1902-1994) in 1931. The inte...
Category
1960s American Vintage South Coast Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Metal
Antique Track & Field Discus by Cantabrian of England
Located in San Diego, CA
A nice antique track & field discus by Cantabrian of England, circa 1940s. The piece is in very good vintage condition and measures 9"D x 2"H. it is signed in the middleplate and h...
Category
Early 20th Century South Coast Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Iron
Rare 925 Sterling Silver Boat of America's Cup by Scully & Scully
By Scully
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rare 925 sterling silver boat award of America's Cup supported on a wooden base by Scully & Scully. Hand-made in New York, 20th Century.
*Signed o...
Category
20th Century American South Coast Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Sterling Silver
1970s Vintage Lightning Bolt surfboard by Barry Kanaiaupuni
By Barry Kanaiaupuni
Located in Haleiwa, HI
Early-1970s Lightning Bolt surfboard made by Barry Kanaiaupuni. Features large and wide lightning bolt jag design, a telltale sign of the earliest of...
Category
1970s American Vintage South Coast Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Fiberglass, Foam, Softwood
Vintage 1970s Lightning Bolt surfboard by Tom Parrish
Located in Haleiwa, HI
Mid-1970s vintage Lightning Bolt surfboard made by Tom Parrish. Features bright yellow tint with double rail lightning bolt pinstripes. Beautiful red lightning bolt design with complimentary black shadow. A remarkable example of highly coveted 1970s Tom Parrish shaped Lighting Bolt surfboard.
In 1972, Gerry Lopez and Jack Shipley started the popular lightning bolt surfboards label in Honolulu...
Category
1970s American Vintage South Coast Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Fiberglass, Foam, Softwood
Vintage 1970s McLeod La Jolla Windansea Artwork Surfboard
Located in Haleiwa, HI
Early-1970s McLeod La Jolla Windansea big wave surfboard made by Ron McLeod. Featuring original artwork on the deck with red wrapped rails/bottom/pinstriped outline. Big wave swallow...
Category
1970s American Vintage South Coast Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Fiberglass, Foam, Softwood
Vintage Woven Handcraft Traditional Douli Rice Hat Asia
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Vintage Traditional Handwoven Rice Hat Asia
Douli Hat Conical Shade Rain Guard
Vintage patina present
Handcrafted
17 diameter x 4.5 tall Inside head 6.5 diameter
Preowned unrest...
Category
Early 20th Century Asian South Coast Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Wicker, Rattan
1980s Vintage Gerry Lopez camouflage surfboard
Located in Haleiwa, HI
Late-1980s Gerry Lopez shaped thruster surfboard. Features an iconic camouflage airbrush pattern which Lopez boards were known for in the 1980s-90s. Hand s...
Category
1980s American Vintage South Coast Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Fiberglass, Foam, Softwood
University of Southern California Traveler Mascot Wood Carving by Carter Hoffman
Located in San Diego, CA
A very cool and hard to find University of Southern California (USC) "Traveler" horse mascot wood carving by Carter Hoffman, circa 1950s. The piece is i...
Category
Mid-20th Century American South Coast Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Wood
1930s Italian Silver Knob Ebonized Walking Cane Stick
By Abercrombie & Fitch
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Italian midcentury walking stick cane
high gloss black lacquer silver handle polished brass tip
decorative embossed silver grip.
35.25 tall x .75 diameter top 1.75 diameter inches...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern South Coast Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Silver, Brass
1930s Vintage Hollow Wood “Kookbox” Early Surfboard
By Tom Blake
Located in Haleiwa, HI
Mid-late 1930s “Kookbox” hollow wood surfboard. Features wood panels joined by metal fasteners and cork water-plug. Patented interior ‘Skin and Frame’ construction method, inspired by the design of airplane wings. This breakthrough surfboard building method was invented in the early 1930s by the legendary Tom Blake...
Category
1930s American Vintage South Coast Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Metal
Bibelot 19th/20th C. Horn Cyclist Trophy Drinking Cornucopia Horn of Plenty CA
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Bibelot 19th/20th C. Horn Cyclist Trophy Drinking Cornucopia Horn of Plenty CA
Mounted in silver plated cover on top a lion holding coat of arms.
Oak Tree Holding up the Scottish Trophy Elaborate Embossing and Engraving with a rarely seen cyclist figure standing by his bicycle. End of Victorian Era. A very large drinking horn or 'Horn of plenty' Very elaborated decorative engraving and embossing on the copper and metal parts, a real impressive piece. Antique Dealer Los Angeles West Hollywood Melrose Ave La Cienega blvd.
This beautiful garniture on a desk a table or a console will add instant elegance. vibrant and charmin In a modern interior design or an old world charm traditional, decorative object for interior decoration design, A perfect gift during the holiday season, or special house warming present. It will be a great addition to your special collection in a library as part of the bibelot
This beautiful trophy goes to the time at the end of the beautiful Victorian Era
When the Scotts had incredible Cyclists with the formal attire and high boots.
It reminds me as well of the movie “ Chariots of fire...
Category
Late 19th Century European Antique South Coast Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
Jack Nicklaus Signed "The Grizzly" at Bear Creek Golf Pin Flag
Located in San Diego, CA
A very rare Jack Nicklaus signed "The Grizzly" at Bear Creek golf pin flag, circa 2002. Bear Creek Golf Club is tucked away in the foothills below the Sa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American South Coast Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Nylon
Vintage 1970s Ben Aipa Sting Surfboard by Rick Hamon
By Rick Hamon, Ben Aipa
Located in Haleiwa, HI
Early 1970s vintage surfing’s new Image label Ben Aipa sting surfboard. Shaped by Rick Hamon in the early 1970s. Features the iconic "sting" shape which was a...
Category
1970s American Vintage South Coast Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Fiberglass, Foam
19th Century 3 Antique Victorian Gold Topped Canes or Parasol Handles
Located in Brea, CA
19th century 3 antique Victorian gold topped canes or parasol handles, some monogrammed, one with mother of pearl, see more pictures.
Category
19th Century American Victorian Antique South Coast Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Silver
1950s Western Cowboy Spurs Braided Iron Leather & Brass
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Antique forged iron western cowboy spurs crafted in braided iron leather and brass, 1950s
Unmarked
8 L x 4 W x 2 tall inches
Original vintage preo...
Category
1950s American Country Vintage South Coast Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Brass, Iron
1990s Vintage Dale Velzy Shaped Balsawood Longboard
By Dale Velzy
Located in Haleiwa, HI
Mid-1990s Velzy balsawood longboard shaped by the late Dale Velzy (1927-2005). Features an incredible 11-stringer design with a stunning 29 piece wooden fin...
Category
1990s American South Coast Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Fiberglass, Hardwood, Softwood
1980’s Ivanko 22 Karat Gold Plated Weight Set
By Ivanko
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A limited edited Ivanko weight set plated in 22-karat gold made in a limited run in the early 1980s. There are four 5-pound weights, four 2.5-pound weights,...
Category
1980s American Vintage South Coast Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Steel
Vintage Aged Leather Medicine Ball Distressed Collectible Sports Art Memorabilia
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Vintage medicine ball in great patinated leather features double stitching a very distressed collectible of sports art memorabilia.
See inside c...
Category
1920s American Industrial Vintage South Coast Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Leather
Wood Lawn Bowling Game Original Caddy and Bowling Balls, circa 1900
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Lawn bowling set and caddy. The best orange and yellow paint. Great as a display or design accessory. Or play the game! Complete and as good as it gets. Includes 14 wood carved pins...
Category
Early 1900s North American Folk Art Antique South Coast Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Wood
Vintage Leather Medicine Ball
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Vintage heavy leather medicine ball. Great worn chocolate brown leather patina. Hand-painted team info or weight numbers on side.
Category
1920s Unknown Folk Art Vintage South Coast Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Leather
American Legion Baseball and Basketball Folk Art Paintings
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Pair of baseball and basketball paintings found in a Midwestern American Legion hall. These were proudly displayed behind the legion hall bar. Grea...
Category
1940s American Folk Art Vintage South Coast Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Collection of Three Black Vintage Leather Medicine Balls
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Great vintage collection of three black leather medicine balls. Excellent warm vintage patina. Traces of white painted team letters and numbers.
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art South Coast Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Leather
Vintage 1998 Barry Kanaiaupuni balsawood pintail surfboard
By Barry Kanaiaupuni
Located in Haleiwa, HI
1998 Vintage Barry Kanaiaupuni balsawood pintail surfboard. Features big wave shape-design with triple redwood stringers and remarkable 17 piece wood fin. An amazing example of a big...
Category
1990s American South Coast Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Softwood, Hardwood, Fiberglass
Vintage 1960s Greg Noll custom longboard
By Greg Noll
Located in Haleiwa, HI
1960s Vintage Greg Noll custom longboard made in the mid 1960s. Features vibrant yellow pigment with Greg Noll atomic logo. Single redwood strigner with black single fin and 3-piece ...
Category
1960s American Vintage South Coast Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Fiberglass, Foam, Softwood
Vintage 1980s Shaun Tomson Surfboard by Don Kadowaki
By Shaun Tomson
Located in Haleiwa, HI
Mid-1980s Vintage Shaun Tomson surfboard made by Donald Kadowaki. Features flaming airbrush design, fixed thruster (tr-fin) setup, and squash tail. A remarkable example of a 1980s su...
Category
1980s American Vintage South Coast Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Fiberglass, Foam, Softwood
Early-1960s Vintage Dale Velzy classic pintail longboard
By Dale Velzy
Located in Haleiwa, HI
Early-1960s Velzy Surfboards pintail longboard. Features beautiful seafoam green stripes with balsa wood stringer and 7 piece wooden fin. “The Surfboar...
Category
1960s American Vintage South Coast Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Fiberglass, Foam, Softwood
1965 Vintage Greg Noll Custom Longboard
By Greg Noll
Located in Haleiwa, HI
1965 Vintage Greg Noll custom longboard. Features gorgeous pastel blue color scheme with Greg Noll mid 1960s atomic logo variation. Single redwood stringer with wooden tail block and...
Category
1960s American Vintage South Coast Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Fiberglass, Foam, Softwood
1990s Vintage Dick Brewer Big Wave Waimea Bay Surfboard
By Dick Brewer
Located in Haleiwa, HI
Vintage 1990s Dick Brewer Waimea Bay big wave surfboard. Hand made by the renowned surfboard design pioneer, the late Dick Brewer (1936-2022). Features a redwood triple stringer pint...
Category
1990s American South Coast Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Fiberglass, Foam, Softwood
1987 Vintage Matt “Archy” Archbold personal T&C surfboard
Located in Haleiwa, HI
1987 Vintage Matt “Archy” Archbold personal surfboard. Made under the renowned Town & Country Surfboards label by T. Patterson. Features airbrushed origin...
Category
1980s American Vintage South Coast Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Fiberglass, Foam, Softwood
1970s Vintage Wave Tools Surfboard by Lance Collins
By Lance Collins
Located in Haleiwa, HI
Late-1970s Wave Tools surfboard made by Lance Collins. Features sea-foam blue tinted deck with pinstriping. Pintail shape design. Signed by Lance Collins. A great example of an origi...
Category
1970s American Vintage South Coast Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Fiberglass, Foam, Softwood
Buzzy Trent model 1963 Pipeliner Balsawood Big Wave Surfboard by Dick Brewer
By Dick Brewer
Located in Haleiwa, HI
Buzzy Trent model 1963-style Pipeliner big wave surfboard. Shaped by the late Dick Brewer (1936-2022) in the early 2000s. Renowned big wave surfing pioneer, the late Buzzy Trent’s (1...
Category
Early 2000s American South Coast Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Fiberglass, Hardwood, Softwood
Vintage 1980s Mike Hynson’s personal Yater Endless Summer Surfboard
By Mike Hynson
Located in Haleiwa, HI
Mike Hynson’s personal surfboard. Shaped under the Yater Surfboards label in 1986-87 by Mike Hynson . Features airbrush design with Endless Summer ins...
Category
1980s American Vintage South Coast Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Fiberglass, Foam, Softwood
Gordie Lizard model 1 of 8 “Dream” longboard
Located in Haleiwa, HI
Gordie Lizard model 1 of 8 “Dream” longboards made by Randy Lewis. Designed by Duane Gordie (1931-2011) shortly before he passed away. Features pintail shape design with gorgeous mar...
Category
2010s American South Coast Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Fiberglass, Foam, Hardwood, Softwood
Steve Lis shaped ‘Flaming’ Fish surfboard
Located in Haleiwa, HI
Steve Lis ‘Flaming’ Fish surfboard. Features the revolutionary fish shape which Steve Lis invented in the 1960s. Beautiful airbrush yellow-green fade wi...
Category
Early 2000s American South Coast Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Fiberglass, Foam, Softwood
1969 Vintage Greg Noll Ben Aipa Surf Center Hawaii surfboard
By Greg Noll, Ben Aipa
Located in Haleiwa, HI
1969 Vintage Greg Noll Ben Aipa Surf Center Hawaii transitional era surfboard. Shaped by the late Ben Aipa (1942-2021). Features beautiful tint of sea foam green complimented by dark...
Category
1960s American Vintage South Coast Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Softwood, Foam, Fiberglass
1960s Vintage Ten Toes classic longboard
Located in Haleiwa, HI
Early-1960s Vintage Ten Toes classic longboard. Features gorgeous orange pigment panels with redwood stringer and glassed-on fin. A remarkable example of a cl...
Category
1960s American Vintage South Coast Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Fiberglass, Foam, Softwood
Vintage 1960s Greg Noll “S” stringer model longboard
By Greg Noll
Located in Haleiwa, HI
1960s Vintage Greg Noll “S” stringer model longboard. Features beautiful black/red color scheme with unique curved redwood “S” style stringers. Beautiful redwood and balsa Greg Noll ...
Category
1960s American Vintage South Coast Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Fiberglass, Foam, Hardwood, Softwood
Vintage 1971 Hobie Surfboards balsawood surfboard by Mickey Muñoz
Located in Haleiwa, HI
Vintage 1971 Hobie balsawood surfboard made by Mickey Muñoz. Features a classic 1970s stringerless balsa design with beautiful 11 piece redwood/balsa fin. Rounded pintail shape desig...
Category
1970s American Vintage South Coast Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Fiberglass, Hardwood, Softwood
1990s Vintage Greg Noll Miki Dora Limited Edition ‘Da Cat’ Longboard
By Greg Noll
Located in Haleiwa, HI
Vintage 1992 Greg Noll Miki Dora limited edition ‘Da Cat’ longboard. Features gorgeous black rail panels with red pin striping. Signature Da Cat step deck with ...
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1990s American South Coast Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Fiberglass, Foam, Softwood
1966 Greg Noll, Miki Dora ‘Da Cat’ Classic Longboard
By Greg Noll
Located in Haleiwa, HI
1966 Vintage Greg Noll Miki Dora Da Cat longboard. Features the most desired black pigment variation which Miki Dora was known to ride himself. A hig...
Category
1960s American Vintage South Coast Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Fiberglass, Foam, Softwood
Gerry Lopez Lightning Bolt “Big Wednesday” Surfboard
Located in Haleiwa, HI
Gerry Lopez shaped Lightning Bolt “Big Wednesday” surfboard. A tribute to the 1978 film “Big Wednesday” featuring Gerry Lopez. Pipeliner shape design with red and orange tints. Shaped by Gerry Lopez aka “Mr. Pipeline”, renowned surfer, board builder, movie actor...
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2010s American South Coast Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Fiberglass, Foam, Softwood
Bric's Italy Handcrafted Travel Tote Cargo Life Bag Italian Leather
By Fendi
Located in Chula Vista, CA
handcrafted travel tote Cargo Life bag Italian leather Bric's Italy
Made in Italy
9 d x 24 w x 17 h
Preowned vintage condition.
See images please.
Category
1990s Italian Modern South Coast Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Leather
Vintage 1967 Greg Noll Miki Dora Da Cat longboard
By Greg Noll
Located in Haleiwa, HI
Vintage 1967 Greg Noll Miki Dora Da Cat longboard. Features gorgeous fire engine red panels with matching fin, slot bottom, and signature wide square-tail.. ...
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1960s American Vintage South Coast Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Fiberglass, Foam, Softwood
1980s Vintage Local Motion Surfboard by Robin Prodanovich
Located in Haleiwa, HI
Mid-1980s Local Motion shortboard made by Robin Prodanovich. Features a retro 1980s neon island style airbrush with neon orange tri-fins. A unique example of a Local Motion surfboard...
Category
1980s American Vintage South Coast Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Fiberglass, Foam, Softwood
Vintage 1970s Gerry Lopez Model Lightning Bolt Surfboard
Located in Haleiwa, HI
Early-mid 1970s Vintage Gerry Lopez model Lightning surfboard. Features a unique diamond tail shape design with gorgeous orange tint, black lightning bolt with matching pinstriping. A magnificent well preserved Gerry Lopez surfboard made under the iconic Lightning Bolt surfboards...
Category
1970s American Vintage South Coast Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Fiberglass, Foam, Softwood
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