Bing Copeland Book Signing Event This Thursday 8/28 in Ventura
Posted by Jon Shafer at 8/26/2008 7:16 PM and is filed under uncategorized 
"Bing Surfboards -- Fifty Years of Craftsmanship and Innovation"
Thursday, August 28, 2008 5:00-7:00pm
Foam, Fins and Fiberglass
1842 E. Main St.
Ventura, CA 93001
(805)648-3626
Come down and join in the fun. Bing Surfboards is one of the longest-running and most progressive labels in the surfing world and its boards are still exclusively handcrafted in California. Its founder, Bing Copeland, played a major role in making surfing and the surfboard industry what they are today. At 13, he started helping out at pioneer surfboard maker Dale Velzy's workshop in Manhattan Beach. During the mid-1950s he surfed the big waves of Oahu's North Shore and Makaha in Hawaii. In 1958 he sailed across the Pacific and introduced modern surfboards to New Zealand. By 1959, back in Southern California, he began making surfboards commercially. This is the story of Bing Copeland, the business he built, the colorful cast of craftsmen he employed and the visionary surfboards they made and continue to make to this day. Refreshments will be served.
Local Surf Report
Fortunately, August is coming to a close. Never really known as a time for much surf activity, this August feels like one of the weaker ones on record, at least in the Santa Barbara Channel zone. There have been a few small random windswell sessions to be had, including today at Rincon, but the good news really is that every day that goes by brings us one day closer to Fall, and the first West swells of the season...
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